Last year, on May 15, a powerful fire was ignited in Namson. The fire burned down several apartments. The woman who led to the incident is threatened with compensation for the affected families of up to NOK 11 million. 

It was just innocent cleaning of the garden

May 15, 2017 was a beautiful spring day. A woman and her sister decide to clean up the garden of their family's apartment, which is located in the residential area of ​​Fossbrenna. The plan was to cut the grass and collect the branches that were lying around the property, and then burn them. First, the woman was supposed to cut the grass from the sandbox, which she did. A moment later she noticed a few sticks left in the back of the garden and decided to go get them. “The pile was quite large, in my opinion it was about a meter high. I had a bucket of water ready and decided to light a fire," this is how the woman explained today in the Namdal District Court, because the trial in this case began today in the morning.

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The first was the wall of the tenement house

Unfortunately, the woman quickly lost control of the fire and at a very fast pace fire It has already started to consume the first wall of the tenement house. “I shouted to my sister and told her to bring more water, but that didn't help. My mother was informed about the fire by other people in the town hall and she was called immediately after the fire brigade, ”the woman said to the district court during the hearing. In the near future, the fire became so strong that the fire department had to focus on saving the remaining houses so that they would not be consumed by fire. Fortunately, no human was hurt in the entire incident. 

Fire and its painful effects

As a result of the situation, several apartments burned down. The woman is currently accused of gross negligence, an example of which was lighting a fire in the garden next to the house. The consequences of this act can be truly enormous because if the woman is convicted, insurance companies are expected to pay a horrendous amount. compensation in the amount of NOK 1,3 million! This amount would cover the losses he caused fire.

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Humility and understanding

The accused is a student and even if she is convicted and forced to pay compensation, she will have nothing to pay for it. This information was emphasized several times today by the defender of the woman Siw Bleikvassli. In addition, the woman faces a year in prison. She herself believes that the fault is on her side, but she did not do it deliberately and hopes that the court will take this factor into account and consequently moderate the sentence.