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The police across the country have had to deal with accidents and incidents related to fireworks on New Year’s Eve on the night of Sunday.
– Pay attention and think about the consequences, write the police in Møre og Romsdal on Twitter.
Security guards at Ellingsrud subway station in Oslo have reported fireworks that have been fired at them inside the station area.
#Oslo #Ellingsrud The police are on their way to Ellingsrud subway station, where guards have reported fireworks that have been fired at them inside the station area. No injuries have been reported. The subway station is temporarily closed and the police will contact the guards on site.
— OPS Police Oslo (@oslopolitiops) December 31, 2022
No injuries have been reported, the Oslo police say.
Sporveien states that the station is closed for the safety of customers and our staff, and that it will remain closed throughout the night.
– Ellingsrudåsen and Furuset stations remain closed tonight, but will be opened until the first departure in the morning. This is for the sake of our customers and employees, writes Sporveien on Twitter.
All trains on line 2, what used to be called Furusetbanen, turn at Lindeberg until further notice.
Later in the night, there were several reports of the unreasonable use of fireworks in several places in Oslo.
– The police have been working in the Haugerud area for a while now. There has been unreasonable use of fireworks when firing at people and buildings. Fires have also been fired at the police and at vehicles, the police write on Twitter.
No injuries have been reported.
The police are continuing their efforts in the area.
Hit the bus
According to the police, they have had to deal with incidents related to fireworks throughout Saturday.
As early as 9 p.m., the police in Oslo were able to state that around 20 percent of all assignments concerned the unreasonable use of fireworks.
As the clock approached midnight, the messages poured in.
But despite many incidents, few of them are serious.
– The first hour into 2023 has gone well, with no reports of serious injuries, despite several reports of unreasonable use of fireworks, the police in the West say.
At around 10pm on Saturday evening, the police had to move to Kristiansand as a result of youths setting off fireworks inside a bus, the Agder police report on Twitter.
– The young people have left the place. It is supposed to be fireworks of the “Grisehyl” type. There must be minor material damage to the bus. The police are opening a case on the matter, they write.
Enter through the window
At 11pm on Saturday evening, the police received a report that someone had shot fireworks through a window at a private address in Kristiansand.
– No one was injured, but there is damage to the window, writes the police in Agder on Twitter.
Fire in car
A car in Kristiansand caught fire around midnight.
The police state that they suspect that the fire was set, and that it may be linked to fireworks.
The fire was extinguished with a fire extinguisher after a short time.
