Wildfires ravage Sweden, Norwegian helicopters flown in for backup

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, July 16, 2018 at 11:34
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Helicopters transport water in an effort to control a forest fire outside of Sala, Sweden, in June 2018. Wildfires in forests and fields are raging across the country this July. (Henrik Montgomery/TT via AP)

Fires continue to rage in forests and fields on Monday, and things have got so bad that rescue services will be assisted by helicopters flown in from Norway.

On Saturday, forest fires were reported in all Swedish counties except three, and on Sunday authorities issued an announcement to the public in Pålgård and Näset in Ragunda municipality in Jämtland, advising residents to say indoors.

Rescue services there have also requested additional resources from the northern counties in Sweden, so that their own staff can rest, as many have been working for several days.

And the Dalarna, Bollnäs and Örebro areas in central Sweden will be helped by six helicopters from Norway.