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The 2014 Västmanland wildfire was a wildfire that broke out on the afternoon of 31 July 2014 on the border between Sala Municipality and Surahammar Municipality in Västmanland, Sweden.[1] It is Sweden's largest wildfire in 40 years.[2] After an EU appeal, Italy and France provided firefighting aircraft.[3]
2014 Västmanland wildfire
Date(s)
31 July 2014 (2014-07-31)-11 August 2014 (2014-08-11)
On 4 August 2014, the evacuation of residents began in Gammelby alongside Route 668 east of Lake Virsbo, Västervåla and Ängelsberg.[4] As of 5 August 2014[update], over one thousand people were forced to evacuate their homes, and the town of Norberg, with about 4500 residents, was being considered for evacuation. One person was confirmed killed by the fire near Stabäck. The fire was declared a national emergency. It encompassed over 15,000 hectares and was located northwest of Sala.[2] The Swedish Armed Forces were mobilized, with about 100 personnel providing support to the firefighters as of 7 August.[4] Authorities requested that volunteer firefighters stay away after one group of them became trapped and had to be rescued.[2]
The Swedish police started a preliminary investigation of the cause of the fire, to see if it was caused by criminal negligence. According to local media, a driver of a ground-preparation vehicle stated that the fire started in his vehicle and that no fire watch was posted despite a very high risk of fire.[6] Although the 2014 Swedish heat wave did not cause the fire, the exceptionally hot and dry conditions of the summer of 2014 enabled the fire to spread and intensify.[7]
^Engström, Julia (31 July 2014). . Sala Allehanda (in Swedish). Virsbo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
^ abcMolin, Anna (5 August 2014). "One Dead as Sweden's Forest Fire Rages On / About 1,000 People Have Been Evacuated From Their Homes". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
^"Five day fires out of control". The Local. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
^ ab (in Swedish). Länsstyrelsen Västmanland. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
^Schönstedt, Tommy (5 August 2014). "Världsarvet hotas nu av jättebranden". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^Segerstedt, Rolf (7 August 2014). (in Swedish). Lantbruk.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^Molin, Anna (6 August 2014). "Europe News: Sweden Battles Against Deadly Wildfire". The Wall Street Journal. ProQuest 1551253951.
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This article needs to be updated The reason given is Need final assessment of what happened and damage caused not just news reports from during the fire Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information April 2023 You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Swedish August 2014 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the Swedish article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Swedish Wikipedia article at sv Skogsbranden i Vastmanland 2014 see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated sv Skogsbranden i Vastmanland 2014 to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation The 2014 Vastmanland wildfire was a wildfire that broke out on the afternoon of 31 July 2014 on the border between Sala Municipality and Surahammar Municipality in Vastmanland Sweden 1 It is Sweden s largest wildfire in 40 years 2 After an EU appeal Italy and France provided firefighting aircraft 3 2014 Vastmanland wildfireDate s 31 July 2014 2014 07 31 11 August 2014 2014 08 11 LocationVastmanland SwedenStatisticsBurned area15 000 hectares 37 000 acres ImpactsDeaths1 civiliansNon fatal injuries1 civilians9 firefightersStructures destroyed80 homes79 outbuildings1 commercial propertyIgnitionCauseAccidentalMap NASA Earth Observatory photo August 4 2014 On 4 August 2014 the evacuation of residents began in Gammelby alongside Route 668 east of Lake Virsbo Vastervala and Angelsberg 4 As of 5 August 2014 update over one thousand people were forced to evacuate their homes and the town of Norberg with about 4500 residents was being considered for evacuation One person was confirmed killed by the fire near Staback The fire was declared a national emergency It encompassed over 15 000 hectares and was located northwest of Sala 2 The Swedish Armed Forces were mobilized with about 100 personnel providing support to the firefighters as of 7 August 4 Authorities requested that volunteer firefighters stay away after one group of them became trapped and had to be rescued 2 The wildfire threatened the UNESCO World Heritage Site Engelsberg Ironworks The owners of the Ironworks Nordstjernan rented two helicopters of their own to water the area close to the site 5 The Swedish police started a preliminary investigation of the cause of the fire to see if it was caused by criminal negligence According to local media a driver of a ground preparation vehicle stated that the fire started in his vehicle and that no fire watch was posted despite a very high risk of fire 6 Although the 2014 Swedish heat wave did not cause the fire the exceptionally hot and dry conditions of the summer of 2014 enabled the fire to spread and intensify 7 See also editList of wildfiresReferences edit Engstrom Julia 31 July 2014 Skogsbrand pa kalhygge Sala Allehanda in Swedish Virsbo Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 4 August 2014 a b c Molin Anna 5 August 2014 One Dead as Sweden s Forest Fire Rages On About 1 000 People Have Been Evacuated From Their Homes The Wall Street Journal Dow Jones amp Company Retrieved 6 August 2014 Five day fires out of control The Local 5 August 2014 Retrieved 6 August 2014 a b Skogsbranden in Swedish Lansstyrelsen Vastmanland Archived from the original on 2014 08 12 Retrieved 6 August 2014 Schonstedt Tommy 5 August 2014 Varldsarvet hotas nu av jattebranden Expressen in Swedish Retrieved 29 March 2016 Segerstedt Rolf 7 August 2014 Polisen utreder eventuellt brott for skogsbranden in Swedish Lantbruk com Archived from the original on 10 April 2016 Retrieved 29 March 2016 Molin Anna 6 August 2014 Europe News Sweden Battles Against Deadly Wildfire The Wall Street Journal ProQuest 1551253951 External links edit nbsp Media related to Wildfire in Vastmanland 2014 at Wikimedia Commons 59 54 N 16 09 E 59 90 N 16 15 E 59 90 16 15 KML file edit help w sv Wikipedia KML Skogsbranden i Vastmanland 2014KML is from Wikidata Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2014 Vastmanland wildfire amp oldid 1162972470, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
