A forest fire covering about 4,000 square meters broke out at Lake Jörken in Smedjebacken on Monday morning. A quick rescue effort contained the blaze.
The alarm reached SOS Alarm shortly after ten on Monday morning. A caller had spotted smoke development from the air and raised the alert.
Thanks to the rapid response the fire was contained to the area at Jörken's western shore. This is reported by nyaludvikatidning.se.
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