- We have about 30 people from several stations on site who are trying to put out the fire and prevent it from spreading to the forest, says Hans Eriksson, management operator at the Greater Stockholm Fire Brigade.

The extinguishing work is estimated to take several hours.

- It depends on how quickly we can dig away these piles of chips and get people in place who can help with it. We will have to work on this for a long time.

Fire ban introduced today

Today, the Stockholm County Administrative Board decided on a fire ban in the entire county after the weather changed and the risk of fire in forests and land is assessed as high.