Above: a water scooping air tanker based in Italy drops water on a fire in Stockholm, Sweden June 15, 2018.
A wildfire in the Nacka area of Stockholm, Sweden burned close to an urban area on Friday. In addition to firefighters on the ground, scooping air tankers from Italy were seen working the fire.
Local authorities said Saturday morning that the fire’s spread had been stopped:
We are in place and work with the remaining fires. It no longer burns up in trees or bushes, but down in the vegetation, moss roots and the like. We have the fire surrounded and it is controlled, but there is a lot to do in the area, “says operative manager Per Tillander, at Södertörn’s Fire Defense Association.
The fire department will remain at least throughout the day and probably also on Sunday.
There is still smoke from the fire, which covers 90 hectares, but the smoke is much more diluted than yesterday, and it is more about smoke smell than smoke.
Min buss åkte förbi branden i Nacka på väg hem från jobbet. pic.twitter.com/pIx5ZKHuMy
— LucasLogg (@LucasLogg) June 15, 2018
Canadairs from #Italy , deployed in #Sweden via #EUCivPro , are helping Sweden’s civil protection forces extinguish the fire at #Nacka area. This is European #solidarity in action! #rescEU https://t.co/ny868079Cx
— Christos Stylianides (@StylianidesEU) June 16, 2018
Waaaoow pic.twitter.com/r9wcvX100L
— Arvid Skogh (@ArvidSkogh) June 15, 2018
Am waiting on today’s satellite imagery to see the damage caused by yesterday’s fire in Nacka. Looking at yesterday’s photo, I see a very curious cloud shadow formation, as if asking “Is this a good spot to start a fire???”. pic.twitter.com/n7QcXUBmm5
— @sweden / Samir (@sweden) June 16, 2018
Door seal leaking bad, Nice Drop.