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THREE NEWS YOU CAN’T MISS
New snow warnings from SMHI
New snow warnings from SMHI
The new year gets off to a snowy start in some places. SMHI has issued several yellow warnings.
From 11 o’clock on New Year’s Day, there may be heavy snowfall in an area just west of Lake Vänern.
There can be between 7-15 centimeters of fresh snow and it will be difficult in traffic.
In the border areas between Svealand and Götaland, east of Vänern, a yellow snow warning applies from 2 p.m. on New Year’s Day and throughout the evening.
At the same time, a yellow warning for wind has been issued in southernmost Scania. The warning is valid from 8 a.m. on New Year’s Day, and there may be gale-force winds.
Ambulance crashed on the E6 – new ambulance rushed out
Ambulance crashed on the E6 – new ambulance rushed out
Just before 9:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, there was an alarm about an ambulance driven into the middle barrier on the E6 south of Munkedal.
It is unclear if the ambulance was on call.
– It has aquaplaned and driven into the center rail. We are on our way to assist them, says the rescue service.
Sos alarm states for Bohusläningen that an ambulance has also been sent to the scene.
Person hit by fireworks
Person hit by fireworks
A boy under the age of 15 has been hit by some type of firework in Hörby, the police say. He is said to have been hit in the neck and went to the emergency room himself.
A report of assault has been made.
Fire in apartment
Fire in apartment
There is a fire in an apartment in Jakobsberg, northwest of Stockholm.
Police and emergency services were called there at around 8.30pm.
– We are there and assist the rescue service, says police spokesperson Susanna Rinaldo.
According to SOS alarm, two ambulances are on site and another one is on the way.
Several resources from the emergency services are also there.
At 9:30 p.m., the police announced that the fire was out.
Swedish-connected man arrested for knife crime
Swedish-connected man arrested for knife crime
At least two people were taken to hospital after being attacked with a knife outside a grocery store in Berlin on New Year’s Eve.
According to SR, which refers to the police in Berlin, the man must be a Syrian citizen but resident in Sweden.
The motive is currently unclear.
Fully developed fire
Fully developed fire
There is a heavy fire in a clubhouse in Mölndal municipality. The building will not be saved, writes Göteborgs-Posten.
Several units from the rescue service are on site and carrying out extinguishing work.
– The building will be completely destroyed, says Johan Karlsson, line operator at the rescue service.
It is unclear if anyone is in the building.
Fight at Tidaholmsanstalten – one taken to hospital
Fight at Tidaholmsanstalten – one taken to hospital
A person has been taken to hospital by ambulance after an assault at Tidaholmsanstalten at 6pm.
– A person has been mistreated with some form of affection, says Ulf Mossberg, press secretary at the Correctional Service.
The man’s injuries were initially assessed as serious.
The man’s injuries are said to be serious. All the people in the ward are in their cells.
Tidaholmsanstalten has security class 1.
The police are on site and working.
– The police are on site to investigate the crime scene, says Ulf Mossberg.
Three to hospital after accident
Three to hospital after accident
Three people have been taken to hospital after a traffic accident outside Umeå.
– A woman and two children have been taken to hospital, but we don’t know anything about the state of the damage at the moment, says Roger Söderlund, RLC commander at the police in the North region.
It must be a head-on collision.
On their website, the police later wrote that no one was seriously injured.
The alarm came in at 4:40 p.m.
Seven people suspected on Eagle S
Photo: AP
Seven people suspected on Eagle S
Seven people from the crew of the tanker Eagle S are suspected of crimes, announced Finnish police.
All have now been issued with a travel ban.
The vessel is suspected of being behind the breach on the Estlink 2 electricity cable in the Gulf of Finland on Christmas Day.
Finnish police write in a press release that they are continuing both with interrogations and underwater investigations.
Russian submarine in Danish waters
A Russian submarine sails through the Danish Great Belt strait. Archive image. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
Russian submarine in Danish waters
A Russian submarine will pass through the Danish Strait on its way north on Tuesday, writes Berlingske.
– We are aware of it, but it happens at regular intervals, and it is welcome to sail there, says Lars Wulff, duty manager at the Danish Defense Operations Center, to the newspaper.
During the day, the Russian submarine was joined by ships from the Danish defense. According to Lars Wulff, it is a normal measure to show presence when a country that is not a member of NATO sails through Danish waters.
According to Berlingske, it is unclear why the Russian submarine is traveling through the Great Belt.
The strait is the middle of three connecting routes to the Baltic Sea.
Homeless dead in fire at train station in Sofia
Rails at the central station in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Archive image. Photo: Valentina Petrova/AP/TT
Homeless dead in fire at train station in Sofia
Four homeless people have died in a fire at the central station in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia.
They died when a train carriage in which they sought shelter during the night to Tuesday caught fire.
Two more people are being treated in hospital with serious injuries.
Prosecutors are investigating the cause of the fire, which was quickly extinguished. There are criminal suspicions and two men have been arrested. However, it is unclear what charges are being brought against them.
Puerto Rico without power on New Year’s Eve
Puerto Rico has suffered a major power outage. Archive image. Photo: Alejandro Granadillo/AP/TT
Puerto Rico without power on New Year’s Eve
A power outage has hit almost all of Puerto Rico early on New Year’s Eve morning. 1.3 million households are without electricity in the self-governing US territory, which is noticeably quiet since electrical appliances and air conditioners stopped.
It may take up to two days to restore power, according to the authorities.
According to the private electricity company Luma Energy, around 90 percent of its subscribers are without power. The fault is believed to have occurred in an underground cable. An investigation into the cause is ongoing while repair work is carried out.
Islanders are used to recurring, shorter power outages blamed on a crumbling power grid following Hurricane Maria’s advance in 2017.
Horse transport on fire – closed on E20
Horse transport on fire – closed on E20
There is a fire in a horse transport on E20 in Skara.
– According to information, there were no horses in the transport and there are no injuries. It is most inappropriate that it is on such a busy road, says Ola Jakobsson at the rescue service.
There is a lot of smoke at the scene and the fire service is working to extinguish the fire.
The road is closed in the northbound direction and will be closed until 15.20 at the earliest.
Two ships have collided – major oil spill in the Yangtze
Two ships have collided – major oil spill in the Yangtze
A Singapore-flagged and a Japanese-flagged cargo ship collided on the Yangtze River near Shanghai at around 10pm local time on Monday.
Both ships are still afloat, but the collision caused a large oil spill into the river, reports say local media.
No people are said to have been seriously injured.
Set fire to toilet paper – fire in grocery store
Photo: Reader image
Set fire to toilet paper – fire in grocery store
At around 2:30 p.m., a fire broke out in a grocery store in Kungens kurva, south of Stockholm.
– We have had a fire, an arson it seems, where someone has poured gasoline on toilet paper bales in the store and lit it, says Anders Sessler at the rescue service.
The fire was quickly extinguished by the sprinkler system. The store has been evacuated and no one is said to have been injured.
The police are now on the scene to record witness statements and see if there is surveillance footage. The incident is being investigated as arson.
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