Just before lunch on Sunday it started to burn on a mountain at Djupviken / Arkösund. An area of ​​about 50x50 meters that is considered difficult to access by the rescue service, and on its website it states that it is trying to get helicopter support from MSB.

At 13:15 the rescue service announces that the fire is surrounded and under control and that the helicopter support is canceled. In total, it is a burned area of ​​4,000 square meters. The aftermath will continue throughout the Sunday afternoon.

Fire at power line

On Saturday, the rescue service fought a 100x100 meter fire at a power line street at Bränntorp northwest of Norrköping. It burned well and the risk of spread to the forest was great, the Rescue Service Östra Götaland wrote on its website at 15:45 on Saturday.

Rescue services from Finspång and Kvillinge in Norrköping were on site and extinguished.

At 4:45 p.m., the emergency services stated that the fire was ringed and under control. But that at least two hours of extinguishing is needed before the forest owner's staff can take over the monitoring responsibility.

- We have had 14 people on site. The power line has not been affected, but it also meant that we could not use a helicopter in the extinguishing, says internal commander Mikael Kalered.

The cause of the fire is unknown.

Bigger fire outside Söderköping

Later on Saturday evening we at 20:20, it started burning in the terrain at Luddingsbo in Söderköping municipality, on an area of ​​150x200 meters. The fire station in Söderköping was first in place and extinguished.

After two hours the fire was called in, and at 03:15 the Rescue Service announced on its website that the fire was extinguished and that all rescue vehicles had left the scene.

- We will go and check the fire place during the day as the forest owner does not live nearby. We don't know anything about the cause of the fire, ”says Lennart Ågren's internal commander.

SMHI: Extremely dry

In recent days, the Rescue Service Östra Götaland has handled several alarms about forest fires, but all have been able to fight at an early stage. At the same time, SMHI warns that it is very or extremely dry in the soil with a risk of very large fire spread.