Several houses taken over by landslides in Gjerdrum – VG

VG updates the case.

The eastern police were notified of the landslide at 03:59, and at 06:20 they say that several houses have been taken.

– The emergency services, with assistance from Civil Defense and Defense, are evacuating. Work is still being done to get an overview of the area, they write on Twitter.

For VG, the Eastern police district confirmed that a landslide had occurred in Ask in the Gjerdrum municipality in Viken at 05.11 and that great resources had been called to the place.

– We can confirm that there are injured people who have been transported by rescue helicopter and transported to the hospital, says operations manager Kjetil Ringseth to VG shortly before 07 hours.

Can’t tell how many there are.

– A large number of people have also been evacuated, initially to the City Hall. From there, they will be shipped to hotels, says the operations manager.

At 06:00, he said that the police are in place with great resources and that the volunteer crews, the defense and the house guard have been called. Civil defense has also been called in, while several rescue helicopters are on the way.

– We have received confirmation that buildings have been seized. How many and what kind of buildings do I have to return to

On Twitter, the police ask people to stay away from the area.

– We work with all available crew, I cannot say more at the moment, says the duty officer at East 110 Central, Roger Andersen to VG.

OUS: – Total availability

At the Oslo University Hospital OUS, they have established a reception and disaster management.

– We have been notified that at least one person is on his way to our address, otherwise we are relying on information we have received that several are injured at the scene, says press officer Anders Bayer at OUS to VG a 06.30.

He states that the incident was notified to the hospital at 31.04.

– We work to map resources and get people into the house. OUS is on high alert. That’s our job and we can do it, he adds, and says they have sent more resources to the site.

The Main Rescue Center also sent various resources to the site, says the rescue leader on duty at the Main Rescue Center in southern Norway, Børge Galta.

– I can’t say much. We’ve sent several resources to the site, including a Rygge rescue helicopter, he tells VG.

According to the power outage map of the Elvia power company, 629 electricity customers in Gjerdrum have no power. The power went out here at 03.56, according to the company.