Two-mile-long fire after the railway in Ånge – Helicopter to waterbomb

According to SOS Alarm, several stations from the rescue service are on site and a helicopter will water bomb to extinguish the fire.

– We drove past several fires without seeing a fire truck, strangely notes Christel Tarberg Hultin, who was one of those who called 112.

An abandoned house near the railway is said to have also burned to the ground. Christel Tarberg Hultin drove past the scene and caught it on film.

– The midwife used to live in that old house, she says.

Stop in train traffic

It is stop in train traffic between Stöde and Erikslund since 16:45.

Stations where train traffic may be affected:

Stöde, Torpshammar, Fränsta, Ljungaverk, Erikslund, Östersund C, Brunflo, Pilgrimstad, Gällö, Stavre, Bräcke, Ånge, Sundsvall V, Sundsvall C

According to SMHI is there a high or very high risk of fire in Medelpad right now.

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