https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Flight traffic at Stavanger Airport in southwestern Norway was delayed on Tuesday after a fire caused the partial collapse of the airport’s car park. https://www.thelocal.no/20200108/norway-airport-flights-held-as-hundreds-of-cars-burn-in-fire Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:49:45 +0100 norway-airport-flights-held-as-hundreds-of-cars-burn-in-fire Police advised residents to keep their windows closed early on Friday as a fire ripped through an Oslo garage, burning out 12 cars. https://www.thelocal.no/20191108/residents-close-windows-as-cars-destroyed-in-oslo-garage-blaze Fri, 08 Nov 2019 14:45:58 +0100 residents-close-windows-as-cars-destroyed-in-oslo-garage-blaze A fire has broken out in a ferry over the Lysefjord outside the Norwegian city of Stavanger, with rescue services to evacuate 54 passengers and crew. https://www.thelocal.no/20180817/ferry-evacuated-after-fire-under-norways-pulpit-rock Fri, 17 Aug 2018 23:21:26 +0200 ferry-evacuated-after-fire-under-norways-pulpit-rock A vehicle caught fire 3.5 kilometres into a railway tunnel near Oslo in the early hours of Friday, resulting in dozens of construction workers being evacuated. https://www.thelocal.no/20180608/77-evacuated-from-oslo-tunnel-due-to-fire Fri, 08 Jun 2018 18:38:33 +0200 77-evacuated-from-oslo-tunnel-due-to-fire Three buses used by Norway ‘russ’ secondary high school students to celebrate their final semester have been destroyed by a fire at a garage near Oslo, injuring one. https://www.thelocal.no/20180502/norway-student-party-buses-destroyed-by-fire Wed, 02 May 2018 15:15:31 +0200 norway-student-party-buses-destroyed-by-fire A building housing chickens has burned to the ground in Finnøy in Norway’s Rogaland county, with 20,000 animals reported to have perished. https://www.thelocal.no/20180328/20000-chickens-killed-in-fire-at-norwegian-poultry-farm Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:46:39 +0200 20000-chickens-killed-in-fire-at-norwegian-poultry-farm A series of fires in Oslo’s Kampen neighbourhood on Tuesday night are likely to have been started deliberately. https://www.thelocal.no/20170927/oslo-fires-may-have-been-set-deliberately-police Wed, 27 Sep 2017 11:31:48 +0200 oslo-fires-may-have-been-set-deliberately-police Police in Oslo are investigating whether two fires involving eight cars in the early hours of Wednesday were started deliberately. https://www.thelocal.no/20170621/eight-cars-burn-in-latest-suspected-oslo-arson Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:39:42 +0200 eight-cars-burn-in-latest-suspected-oslo-arson Several youths were arrested and questioned after a gymnastics hall and administration building at the Toppåsen School in the Oslo district of Holmlia burned to the ground. https://www.thelocal.no/20170615/arson-suspected-in-oslo-school-fire-police Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:21:14 +0200 arson-suspected-in-oslo-school-fire-police An 80-year-old woman is presumed dead after her house burnt to the ground near Bergen, police said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20170103/firefighters-battle-flames-in-two-norwegian-towns Tue, 03 Jan 2017 10:45:02 +0100 firefighters-battle-flames-in-two-norwegian-towns Two cars were found on fire by the Oslo Fire Department early on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20160823/car-fires-in-oslo-as-spate-of-burnings-reported-in-scandinavia Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:29:08 +0200 car-fires-in-oslo-as-spate-of-burnings-reported-in-scandinavia A fire helicopter and the efforts of firefighters and the Norwegian Civil Defence were able to get two wildfires north of Romsås in Oslo under control on Wednesday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.no/20160609/oslo-two-forest-fires Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:50:50 +0200 oslo-two-forest-fires Early on Tuesday morning, a fire broke out a planned asylum centre in Hol Municipality in Hallingdal that left the building completely destroyed. https://www.thelocal.no/20160510/planned-norway-asylum-centre-destroyed-by-fire Tue, 10 May 2016 11:00:18 +0200 planned-norway-asylum-centre-destroyed-by-fire More than 30 tourists had to be rescued from an 11 kilometre long tunnel on Tuesday afternoon after a Swedish coach taking foreign passengers on a multi-location trip around Norway caught fire. https://www.thelocal.no/20150811/swedish-coach-catches-fire-in-norwegian-tunnel Tue, 11 Aug 2015 19:40:00 +0200 swedish-coach-catches-fire-in-norwegian-tunnel Norwegian police are to reopen the investigation into the the worst ferry disaster in the country's history after a year-long reappraisal of the evidence. https://www.thelocal.no/20140613/police-reopen-probe-into-1990-ferry-disaster Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:55:09 +0200 police-reopen-probe-into-1990-ferry-disaster The fire that raged over 12 square kilometres of the island of Frøya on Wednesday and Thursday, was caused by children lighting a deodorant spray, local police have said in interview. https://www.thelocal.no/20140131/norway-fire-caused-by-children Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:57:00 +0100 norway-fire-caused-by-children More than 130 police and firemen have been battling through the night to contain the new fire sweeping through the heather on the island of Frøya, northeast of Trondheim, before helicopters try to extinguish the blaze on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20140130/firemen-still-battling-to-control-new Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:41:00 +0100 firemen-still-battling-to-control-new A new fire has broken out on the coast near Trondheim, after tinder-dry heather was again lit by sparks from power lines. https://www.thelocal.no/20140129/fire-still-burns-in-trondheim-villages Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:32:00 +0100 fire-still-burns-in-trondheim-villages A fire has swept across the Sørnesset peninsular in northern Norway, threatening to raze 139 buildings in two villages completely to the ground. https://www.thelocal.no/20140128/fire-raging-in-two-trondheim-villahes Tue, 28 Jan 2014 12:16:00 +0100 fire-raging-in-two-trondheim-villahes Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Sunday evening praised the "heroes" who struggled through Saturday night and Sunday morning to put out a blaze in the heritage village of Lærdalsoyri. https://www.thelocal.no/20140119/norway-pm-praises-heroes-of-lrdal-fire Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:30:00 +0100 norway-pm-praises-heroes-of-lrdal-fire