forest machine that started the fire drove as reported Aftonbladet with strips.
It is against Stora Enso’s guidelines when it very easily could arise sparks upon contact with rocks.
– It is a known phenomenon. It has happened before and will happen again, said Jim Degerman the Board of Forestry.
The huge forest fire in Västmanland started with great certainty after an earthwork in the woods. The driver of forest machine alerted SOS Alarm after himself has tried to extinguish the flames, according to police. Woodman told VLT he saw flames from the machine and to an area of 5 times 5 feet caught fire.
Last Thursday, police launched a criminal investigation of second-degree assault to determine whether it committed any crime.
At present, however, there are no suspects.
Is there a policy
The driver worked on assignments for forestry company Stora Enso. According to the forestry company was a fire watch in place at work.
– We had received assurance from the contractor that there would be a fire watch at the work, says Ulrika Lilja, Head of Communications at Stora Enso’s paper and trärörelse.
According to a source, who was at the site when the fire broke out, the forest machine, however, have been fitted with strips on the tires – which can be very dangerous in hot weather.
Aftonbladet has spoken with several of the forest industry who say it can easily occur sparks when steel bands hits rocks.
– It is a known phenomenon. There is no law that would make someone to run with it, but there are policies that are developed in the various companies, said Jim Degerman the Board of Forestry.
Pending investigation
Ulrika Lilja at Large Enso says that the company has extensive procedures and security processes when there is a high fire risk.
– Among other things, that one should be careful with chains and bands if it’s dry in the fields.
According to our data had machine tape
– I can not get up the task tonight.
If true, how do you see it?
– We’ll see what the investigation shows. We await it simply.
Västmanland police on Friday evening could not answer whether they investigated whether forest machine had strips on.
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