Tag: Smoke
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VMA in Gothenburg, Liseberg
A heavy fire rages at Liseberg's new Oceania water park in Gothenburg. A major rescue operation is underway and heavy smoke is spreading over central Gothenburg. A VMA (Important Notice to the Public) has been issued. The rescue leader urges everyone in the area to go indoors and close doors, windows and ventilation. For more…
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New: The mass murder at the courthouse in Söderhamn
When Greger is 10 years old, he accompanies his grandmother Cecilia Ekestang to Hälsingland. She has found a homestead and wants Greger to have nice summers and be able to leave the bad air in Stockholm in the 60s. Once in the small village of Vannsätter, Cecilia meets her neighbor Gunnar Bengtsson. They begin a…
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Swedish Anton: “Just saw fire and smoke – just ran”
Swedish Anton and his family were on board the passenger plane from Japan Airlines that caught fire after a collision with a smaller plane. Hear him tell how they were forced to flee.
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“It blew, it boiled and it went out”
No eruptive activity is visible in the fissures north of Grindavík, and activity in the volcanic vents appears to have died down. This is confirmed by scientists from the Icelandic Meteorological Institute who flew over the site of the eruption at ten o'clock today. An Efla employee is present at Sýlingafell to monitor the eruption…
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Agnes Wold: This is how winter sickness spreads
Agnes Wold, professor of clinical bacteriology, tackles contemporary health issues together with program manager Christer Lundberg. Agnes Wold about winter sickness: Hear the professor ponder whether snus smokers have less vomiting and whether we were healthier in the past. In addition, how long the infection can linger on surfaces and whether it is possible to…
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Police: possible "smoke cartridge" was thrown into the Turkish embassy in Helsinki
Officials confirmed there was no fire, adding that witnesses said the smoke may have come from a smoke cartridge device.
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An electric scooter caused a fire. Three people saved from the balcony
Emergency services in the capital district were called at 2:15 a.m. in connection with a fire on the third floor of a residential building. According to police information, there was a lot of fire and smoke at the scene. The apartment quickly burst into flames, and three people were rescued from the balcony. The place…
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The increase in the consumption of nicotine pouches among Danish young people
Increasing smokeless nicotine use among Danish youth gives rise to health concerns. The full version of this article is only available to subscribers. Already a subscriber, log in here: sign in Forgot your password? Get unlimited access to all of The Copenhagen Post Our independent reporting can only be published with the support of our…
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Iraq expels Swedish envoy after the desecration of the Koran in Stockholm
Baghdad [Iraq]July 21 (ANI): Iraq has expelled the Swedish ambassador following massive protests in Baghdad by angry Iraqi protesters over the burning of the Koran in Sweden, Al Jazeera reported. The Swedish embassy in central Baghdad was stormed by protesters who also lit a small fire in its compound. Videos on social media showed a…
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STT: The temperature may rise to 30 degrees in some parts of Finland on Thursday
“It may be that it counts down to the decimals whether we reach the 30 degree mark or not.” Ari-Juhani Punkkatold the Finnish news agency. A cold front follows the northern parts of the country, which may keep the temperature below 10 degrees. The smoke from the Canadian forest fires is gradually leaving Finland. Considering…
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Burning smelter – risk of smoke spreading over Skellefteå
Since this morning it has been burning in the smelter in Skelleftehamn. The Rönnskärsverken owned by Boliden is Sweden’s only smelter for the production of base metals. The fire in the plant entails a risk of toxic chemicals being spread. Right now the smoke is blowing out from the land, but there is a risk…
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Major supermarket chains will not follow Lidl’s lead and stop selling tobacco products
Smokers can breathe easily—or at least as proficiently as their 10- or 20-day habit allows. Both of Denmark’s large supermarket chain owners, Salling Group and Coop, have announced this morning that they have no plans to follow competitor Lidl’s lead and withdraw tobacco products from their shelves. The German supermarket chain confirmed yesterday that from…
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Close to a fifth suffer from long-term effects of COVID in Denmark
Hand sanitizer sales drop pre-pandemic levelsNevertheless, life is more or less normalized for the rest of the population, who are rarely reminded of the pandemic within the Danish borders. The masks and elbow greetings have disappeared, handshakes and hugs are back, and hand sanitizer is no longer sold in the shops. According to both Coop…
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Fire in the Eastfjords
A 400 square meter utility room was completely destroyed in a fire near the Ytri-Víðivelli farm in Fljótsdalur. The building caught fire along with the barn adjacent to it, which most likely survived the fire, according to Harðar Guðmundsson, the owner. “When I got home, everything was full of smoke,” he told mbl.is. According to…
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Traffic pollution affects brain function: Research
“For many decades, researchers believed that the brain could be protected from the harmful effects of air pollution,” said senior researcher Dr. Chris Carlsten, professor and director of respiratory medicine and Canada Research Director for Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases at UBC. “This study, which is the first of its kind in the world, provides…
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One in three teens buys snus on social media, the study says
Social media platforms have become a popular way for young people to get their hands on the oral tobacco product snuff. With the exception of Sweden, the sale of snus is banned throughout the EU, including in Finland. According to the latest school health promotion survey, as many as 43 percent of 10-12-year-old students and…
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From the carrier’s guide – what we cannot bring to Iceland
You are not allowed to bring to Iceland: drugs and other prohibited substances; raw meat and meat products (including cured meat, smoked meat, sausages, poultry, etc.), raw milk and raw eggs; weapons such as daggers with blades longer than 12 centimeters, spring knives, clubs, crossbows and handcuffs; snuff and chewing tobacco; used equestrian equipment. Certain…
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A garage arsonist was found
On Christmas Day, a fire broke out in a garage at Engjasel 70-86. As a result, 3 cars were burned and many others were damaged. The garage was also damaged due to high temperatures and smoke. In a statement from the police from the capital district, it was stated that the person who set fire…
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The hunt for the bomber – so he put terror in Gothenburg
In P4 Story, you hear about eight days that shake Gothenburg. About neighbors living in uncertainty and about a suspected perpetrator who will never be able to tell his version.One early morning in September 2021, residents on Övre Husargatan in central Gothenburg wake up to an explosion. Heavy smoke is spreading and hundreds are forced…
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Record quantities of illegal fireworks confiscated
May result in fines The Danish Customs finds especially the illegal products in packages sent from Eastern Europe – everything from fireworks, batteries, smoke grenades, Roman candles and emergency flares. The agency forwards illegal fireworks cases to the police, which can result in fines. The fireworks sale opened in Denmark on 15 December and runs…
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Fire in the garage on Engjasel Street
The fire department in the capital area was called just before two o’clock to a fire in a garage in the Seljahverfi district of Reykjavík. Four fire trucks were sent to the scene. According to the fire chief, there was black smoke coming from the garage and the flames spreading through the windows. The fire…
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Traditional Christmas dishes in Iceland – hangikjöt
Hangikjöt, best known as Icelandic Christmas delicacy, is smoked meat with a distinct flavor. Usually it is lamb, but sometimes also horse. About 90% of Icelanders eat it during the holiday season, and about the same number eat it thinly on a sandwich all year round. Importantly, hangikjöt is traditionally smoked with dung smoke. Is…
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Science for 100 billion on its way to space
The James Webb Telescope is supposed to give us a whole new picture of the universe, it is thought, and perhaps find traces of life on distant planets. But the launch and the journey through space are technical challenges on a whole new level. Hundreds of elements must work flawlessly for it to succeed, so…
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Police identify a probable cause of the deadly explosion in Varkaus, Eastern Finland
The lone victim has been tentatively identified as a man born around the age of 30 who had recently moved to Varkaus. The man is not a “police so-called old acquaintance,” a police spokesman said press release. The man was alone in the apartment at the time of the explosion. Four other people were rescued…
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Award-winning “bird’s eye view” photos
The winner of the mbl.is photo competition this summer was Einar Rúnar Sigurðsson. His winning photo was taken at the Ingólfshöfði headland in southern Iceland in June. It shows a puffin carrying food to its chicks in the rain. – ADVERTISEMENT – 1st place in the mbl.is photo competition / photo: Einar Rúnar Sigurðsson Einar…
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Adele – with her voice as a weapon
It’s a summery afternoon in 2011. Adele takes the steps up on stage in Minneapolis. She stands on First Avenue, the club Prince made legendary in the movie “Purple rain”. Some of the 1,500 people who bought tickets to tonight’s show are already crowded outside. They’re here to hear the London girl with the strong…
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Office manager in Mogens Jensen’s ministry would not own mink killing
The decision to kill all the mink was made on the evening of November 3rd. It happened at a meeting of the government’s coordination committee, where a number of top ministers sit. At that time, the relevant specialist office in the Ministry of the Environment and Food was convinced that there was no basis in…
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Mogens Jensen’s ministry would not own a mink decision
The decision to kill all the mink was made on the evening of November 3rd. It happened at a meeting of the government’s coordination committee, where a number of top ministers sit. At that time, the relevant specialist office in the Ministry of the Environment and Food was convinced that there was no basis in…
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Esbjerg Municipality let fire school discharge toxic water
For more than two and a half years, Esbjerg Municipality has had the city’s privately owned fire school discharge wastewater that contains toxic fluorides. It writes Jyllands-Posten. The water has exceeded the limit values for fluorides up to 330 times. This weekend, the newspaper described how the fire school emitted toxins on a natural area…
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Per Bolund (MP) smoked together with Jimmie Åkesson (SD) in the party leader debate
Hear a conversation with Fredrik Furtenbach, domestic political commentator at Ekot and My Rohwedder, political commentator at Aftonbladet. The feature was published in Studio one on Monday, October 11, 2021.
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92-year-old man dies in fire in house in Farsø
This is stated by duty officer at North Jutland Police Poul Fastergaard early Monday morning. Police were alerted to the fire by one of the now deceased man’s neighbors at 2:52 p.m. – Smoke divers were sent in and they find someone in the house. He is initially rescued from there, but does not succeed…
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92-year-old man killed in fire
This is stated by duty officer at North Jutland Police Poul Fastergaard early Monday morning. Police were alerted to the fire by one of the now deceased man’s neighbors at 2:52 p.m. – Smoke divers were sent in and they find someone in the house. He is initially rescued from there, but does not succeed…