THE PROPANE-FED FIRE THAT HAS BEEN BURNING in the collapsed apartment building in Aalesund, Norway, has burned itself out after 5 days.

The event began when a landslide knocked the 6-story apartment building off its foundations, destroying the two lower floors of the building.  (See Firegeezer reports HERE, HERE, and HERE.)  Five residents are still unaccounted for and are believed to be dead inside the building rubble.

ODD/Mehus photo

Rescuers were prevented from entering the building to look for them because of the propane fire and the instability of the structure.  Now that the fire is out, there are hopes that engineers can evaluate the integrity of the building so that rescuers can start searching.  However, the fire officials are still concerned about the possibility of pockets of propane remaining in area underneath.

Queen Sonja was in Aalesund on Saturday to attend a memorial service for the victims and meet with survivors and rescue crews.

Aftenposten has this latest REPORT.

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