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Bus Burns To The Ground In Hafnarfjörður
A fire broke out yesterday, March 16, in an unattended bus that was being transported on Breiðhella in Hafnarfjörður, reports RÚV. Firefighters were called to the scene after a fire started in a bus in the Helluhverfi neighbourhood of Hafnarfjörður. According to…
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Fire Near Elliðavatn Contained After Four-Hour Battle
A brush fire broke out near Elliðavatn on Sunday and spread rapidly, reaching Guðmundarlundur and the Þingahverfi neighbourhood in Kópavogur, reports RÚV. Fire crews fought the fire for around four hours, assisted by police and search and rescue teams. The Capital Area…
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Woodchip Fire Still Smouldering After 24 Hours
Firefighters from the Árnessýsla Fire Department have been working since Sunday afternoon to contain a fire in a large pile of woodchips at the Icelandic Recycling Corporation’s facility in Hrísmýri, Selfoss, reports RÚV. The fire was first detected around 14:00 yesterday, when…
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Two Dead After Fire In Hjarðarhagi
A man who was seriously injured in a fire in Hjarðarhagi yesterday has died from his injuries, reports Vísir. Another man had already died from injuries sustained in the same fire. Three people were seriously injured and taken to hospital after a…
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Three Injured After Explosion In Vesturbær
Three people were seriously injured and taken to the hospital when a fire broke out on the ground floor of a Vesturbær apartment block, RÚV reports. In addition to the fire, an explosion happened. It is unclear whether the fire instigated the…
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One Taken To Hospital After Fire At Trailer Park
According to RÚV, a fire broke out early this morning at a trailer park at Sævarhöfði in Reykjavík, destroying a trailer and a campervan. One person was taken to the hospital on suspicion of smoke inhalation, but no other injuries were reported.…
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Fire In Stuðlar Youth Facility Kills One
On the morning of October 19, a fire broke out in the Stuðlar’s emergency placement facility, leading to the death of a 17-year-old patient. One employee suffered carbon monoxide poisoning and is not in danger, according to Vísir. News of the incident…
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Musician Halldór Bragason Dies In Fire
Musician Halldór Bragason died in a fire that broke out at his home on August 13, reports Vísir. Halldór, also known as Dóri, was a prominent figure in Iceland’s blues music scene. The fire brigade received a call about a fire at…
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Kringlan Closed Until Thursday Due To Fire
A fire broke out at the Kringlan shopping mall on Saturday. All available crews from the Fire Department worked to extinguish the fire and the shopping centre was evacuated for safety reasons, but no people sustained injuries. RÚV reports that it has…
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Large Fire In Skeifan Service Centre
A large fire broke out at the N1 garage on Fellsmúli in Reykjavík’s Skeifan neighbourhood Thursday evening. All units of the city’s fire brigade were dispatched to the scene and managed to put the fire out overnight. Mbl.is reports that it is…
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One Critically Injured After Fire Outbreak In Reykjavík
Three individuals were moved to the emergency department, with one critically injured after a fire broke out in Funahöfði, Monday, October 16. The people resided in the building where the fire broke out. A cause is yet to be found, the Fire…
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Electric Scooters Caused Two Separate Fire Outbreaks In One Day
Two fires broke out recently and both of which originated from electric scooters, RÚV reports. On the morning of Thursday, September 7, the Reykjavík Area Fire Department received an emergency call regarding a fire breaking out from an electric scooter – the…
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Cat That Survived Hafnarfjörður Fire Found
Volunteers from the animal rescue organisation Dýrfinna found a young cat that had gone missing after a large fire at Hvaleyrarbraut 22 in Hafnarfjörður, reports Vísir. The owner did not expect to find him, as Koddi the indoor cat was presumed lost. “Suddenly,…
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Fire Engulfs Industrial Building In Hafnarfjörður
A major cloud of smoke was visible from the capital area, Sunday, August 20, as a fire broke out in an industrial building by Hvaleyrarbraut in Hafnarfjörður. The capital region‘s fire department finished its efforts well into Monday morning, having extinguished…
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Fire Breaks Out In An Industrial Building In Reykjanesbær
A fire broke out in an industrial building in Reykjanesbær shortly before one o’clock, reports RÚV. All available firefighting units have been dispatched to the scene. Efforts are underway to extinguish the fire. The fire started at the corner of Víkurbraut and Hrannargata. All…
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Grímseyjarkirja Burned To The Ground
According to Morgunblaðið, Grímseyjarkirkja on the island of Grímsey has burned down. The fire started last night, and the wooden church was destroyed so quickly that no valuables could be saved from the flames. Nobody was harmed by the fire. According to…
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Brush Fire In Heiðmörk
Yesterday afternoon around 5 o’clock, a brush fire broke out in Heiðmörk. Heiðmörk is a nature reserve and recreational area, approximately 20 kilometers from downtown Reykjavík. The fire brigade in the capital sent firefighters to the scene but the location of the…
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Large Fire Sets Korpúlfsstaðavegur Ablaze
Firefighters in Reykjavik were sent to Korpúlfsstaðavegur to extinguish an out of control brushfire earlier this morning. It remains to be clear as to what started the fire but the damp moisture in the ground meant that there was a large cloud…
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Cannabis Farm Probable Source Of Major Fire
A major fire in a Reykjavík house earlier this week probably started where cannabis was being cultivated, preliminary investigations have revealed. The fire in the Seljahverfi area broke out early on Monday morning. The only occupant of the house at the time…
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Happy Nordic Smoke Alarm Day! Here’s How To Celebrate
Today is Nordic Smoke Alarm Day—Skessuhorn reports —and what better way to celebrate than by checking any fire alarms or smoke detectors in your home to make sure they’re working. It might be a good idea to change the battery, test the…
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Six Dogs Die In Kópavogur Fire
A devastating fire in Kópavogur the day before yesterday killed six dogs, Vísir reports. Erna Christiansen, a young dog breeder, had taken one of her dogs, Lola, to the vet in the afternoon. Five minutes after leaving she received a panicked phone…
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Growing Calls For Reform Following House Fire That Killed Three Polish Workers
Urgent calls for legislative change are growing in the wake of a house fire on Bræðraborgarstígur 1 that killed three people on June 25th. As reported, a demonstration was held on Sunday to mourn those who died in the blaze and to…
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Fire On Hrísey Brought Under Control
Firefighters say that they have managed to bring the fire under control that was burning on Hrísey, off the coast of northern Iceland, earlier this morning Vísir reports. Chief fireman of Akureyri Ólafur Stefánsson says that although the last embers from the…