There were many small 911 incidents on New Year’s Eve, but few major incidents so far.
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In Kristiansand, fireworks were launched through a window at a private address in Odderhei, according to Agder Police District.
No one was injured, but the police rushed to the scene.
– They launched a rocket through the window, but as far as I know they don’t know who launched the rocket, operations director Linn Andresen tells VG.
There is window damage and some damage inside the house, Andresen says.
– We don’t know who did this, and we don’t even know if it was an accident or if it was done on purpose, says Andresen.
Other pyrotechnic events
In Kristiansand, there was also an unreasonable use of fireworks in the early evening hours. Among other things, the youths are said to have shot so-called “pig howls” inside a bus.
A fight was reported in central Kristiansand shortly after. Police quickly gained control of four people, but only one person was arrested and taken into custody.
In Larvik, police observed a teenager shooting fireworks at people in the city centre.
The boy was reported and expelled from the area, his parents notified.
Teenager sued for fireworks over Karl Johan
For a long time, it was a quiet evening for most police precincts on New Year’s Eve.
The Oslo Police District reported just before 21:00 that there had been a manageable start to the New Year’s celebrations.
A teenager has been charged with unreasonable use of fireworks at the bottom of Karl Johan.
At the time, one in five police missions in the past few hours had involved the unreasonable use of fireworks.
Also, according to operations manager Rune Hekkelstrand, there had been a couple of small container fires.
Among other things, others have arrived messages on the use of fireworks in connection with subway stations, which led to delays on the subway.
Shortly before 11.30pm, Furuset station was closed for safety reasons, according to the report The tram. Ellingsrudåsen subway station is also closed after fireworks are said to have been set off at guards inside the station grounds.
Fireworks interrupted the rescue operation
A fight was reported in a night club in Sandefjord with 8-10 people involved.
I Southwest Police Precinct just after 10pm there were several reports of small fires and damage across the district, but no major incidents.
A house fire has been reported in the Eiganes area of Stavanger, but it is not known if it was related to the fireworks.
The Møre og Romsdal fire brigade reported a minor incident with a fire in a fireworks battery, but otherwise the evening appears to have been uneventful.
Hemsedal Police and Municipality advised everyone in the area to refrain from using fireworks as there was a big rescue operation after a missing skier.
The rescue helicopter and air ambulance that participated in the search had problems due to the fireworks.
