Norway’s small and historic coastal town of Risør, which has one of the Europe’s best-preserved collection of old wooden houses, was spared what could have been a devastating fire this week. Three buildings were gutted by the blaze, “but I think we were lucky that the fire didn’t cause more damage,” said Mayor Per Krisitian […]

UPDATED: Yet another tragedy hit Norway over the weekend, when fire swept through a hytte (holiday home) at Andøy, Northern Norway, in the middle of the night. Four of the five victims of the blaze were under the age of 16. The cause of the fire, which burned the hytte to the ground, was under […]

Fire and smoke that swept through a home in Bergen over the weekend have claimed the lives of two more members of the family living there. A third child remained in critical condition on Tuesday. State broadcaster NRK reported that the 41-year-old mother in the family died during the night, along with a 14-year-old daughter. […]

There were numerous fires in Norwegian homes again during the Christmas and New Year holidays, but none worse than one in Bergen. It claimed the life of a nine-year-old girl, who was one of four people pulled unconscious from the blaze. Newspaper Bergens Tidende (BT) described the fire as “dramatic,” and local police have now […]

Oslo police are investigating fires involving five parked cars in the Ulven area near Østre Aker Church this week. Arson is suspected. Firefighters got their first calls shortly after 2am on Monday and initially found three to four cars ablaze. Håkon Nilen, operations leader for the Oslo Police District, told news bureau NTB that it […]

A fire described as “explosive” destroyed three residential buildings at Lierstranda near Dramman during the weekend, killing two occupants, injuring another and threatening a couple with a newborn baby. Maria Sætervik Johansen, who gave birth to a baby boy last Monday, told her partner she noticed “strange light” while up in the middle of the […]