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Historic few dying in fires

Figures released recently by the state agency in charge of security and preparedness, DSB, show that 27 people had died in fires in Norway...

Main mountain highway’s tunnel set to reopen

The Gudvanga Tunnel on the main E16 highway connecting Oslo and Bergen is expected to reopen to ordinary traffic early next week. It was...

E16 still closed at burned-out tunnel

UPDATED: Norway's cross-country E16 highway, the main route between Oslo and Bergen, remains blocked midway after a Swedish tour bus caught fire inside its lengthy...

Latest tunnel fire rang new alarms

Another fire inside one of Norway's many tunnels that connect highways all over the country has raised new alarm over their safety standards. The state...

Bus fire forced tunnel evacuation, five injured

UPDATED: A Swedish bus carrying Asian tourists caught fire inside the 11.4 kilometer-long Gudvangatunnelen in the mountainous western county of Sogn og Fjordane on Tuesday....

Weed burning sparked fire at Ringve Museum

Police and arson investigators believe that a fire that heavily damaged Norway's Ringve Museum in Trondheim was caused by weed-burning work carried out Monday morning, just...

Salvaging tones at a burned museum

Employees of the Ringve Museum were sifting through the rubble Tuesday morning of the historic building that's been Norway's premier showplace for centuries of art...

Music museum hit by ‘nightmare’ fire

UPDATED: Emergency crews scrambled to save priceless works of art and historic musical instruments from the Ringve Museum in Trondheim, when it was hit by fire...

Big Bergen fire ‘one of toughest’ ever

Firefighters finally gained control over another major fire to break out in the historic west coast city of Bergen during the night. It took...

Major fire in Tønsberg forced evacuations

A fire in a warehouse complex in Tønsberg continued to burn out of control Thursday evening, sending off huge volcano-like flumes of smoke and...
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