Tag: accidents

Oil rig sprung a leak

Norwegian oil company Statoil prides itself on its efforts to control pollution, but accidents do happen. Statoil had to evacuate one of its rigs...

More snow snarls airlines and roads

Another round of heavy snowfall in southern Norway led to several accidents on slippery roads Monday morning, some of them serious. Flights in and...

Royals visit ‘warzone’ Lærdal

King Harald and Queen Sonja toured the fire-ravaged town of Lærdalsøyri on Thursday, where authorities have now listed 40 buildings as destroyed. Queen Sonja...

Skiers on thin ice

Norwegian cross country skiers were warned to stick to the tracks and stay off lakes, after several people fell through thin ice over the...

Polish bus driver charged with murder

A 50-year-old bus driver has been charged with murder over the death of an 88-year-old woman in Stavanger in October 2012. It's alleged the...

Lærdal fire flares up again

Norway's worst fire disaster in 50 years is beginning to take its toll on fire crews, who dealt with yet another flare up in...

Devastation worse than estimated

Fire flared up again in the devastated mountain town of Lærdalsøyri during the night, while damage from its weekend inferno was proving to be...

French driver jailed for manslaughter

A 19-year-old man from Marseille who was driving a French-registered car involved in a fatal accident in Oslo last week has been charged with...

Investigation begins into ‘tragic’ fire

The firestorm that swept through a mountain town in western Norway over the weekend was "deeply tragic," according to top state officials, but no...

Charred ruins and broken hearts

As day broke after a night of inferno in Lærdal, the charred ruins of a mountain town that was an important part of Norway's...
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