Massive Swedish forest fire is declared a national emergency

[Mr. Goobii]

[Lerxo]

  God has punished us for our deeds! BURN DOWN SWEDEN

[Lerxo]

I mainly think its cuase of the moderaterna and reinfeldt, and our defenceminister Karin Engström. If vänsterpartiet had the power god would make recreate the forest

[AK47]

This is the fire seen from space

[Hamza.]

Don't go off topic. Off topic stuff removed.

[Mr. Goobii]

French water bombing airplane landed on the airport 20:30 PM today, also two helicopters from Norway and there is another airplane from Italy on the way.

[Zaila]

The smoke and be seen and smelled as far as 300 km away from the actual fire, that's how intense the fire is.

[Tiny]

Holy shit.. It's always sad to see the environment of huge territories being destroyed like this.. plus the damage caused to the people who live there.

[Ragdoll]

Any idea as to what the cause might be? It would suck gigantic testicles if it ended up being some drunk camper who forgot to put out his campfire.

[ssaammee]

Any idea as to what the cause might be? It would suck gigantic testicles if it ended up being some drunk camper who forgot to put out his campfire.

It came sparks from some sort of machine in the forest would be most likely according to the Swedish government.

[ssaammee]

French water bombing airplane landed on the airport 20:30 PM today, also two helicopters from Norway and there is another airplane from Italy on the way.

And these french "super planes" are delayed and can't fly because of the thick smoke.

[Mr. Goobii]

And these french "super planes" are delayed and can't fly because of the thick smoke.

Haha, I just read about that right now. Were just going to say till I saw you replied it! 

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"Planes flown in especially from France to fight Sweden's massive forest fire have faced immediate problems, with officials stating that there's too much smoke for the planes to take off."

"We're doing everything we can to get them in the air as soon as possible," NIklas Ekstrand from the Swedish Armed Forces told the Aftonbladet newspaper.

"The situation is far from perfect right now with so much smoke in the air. Right now, they can't take off with such poor visibility."

The planes, flown in from France on Tuesday, have been called in to help quell the flames as they are able to carry much more water than the helicopters Sweden has been using. Sweden owns no water bombing planes itself.

Two more planes are expected to touch down from Italy later on Wednesday.

The planes are able to fill up with 6,000 litres of water in just a few seconds, and can fly at 130 kilometres an hour. Pilots are planning to take the water from Lake Mälaren Lake Åmänningen.

[Lustigkurre]

Come on Baloo, we trust in you.

[ssaammee]

Here's a brief picture of the fire's expansion yesterday. The fire would be inside the pink marked area and the red would be closed roads.

[Tiny]

That escalated quickly... I hope the fire's extinguished soon.