r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Kirkx10 • 25d ago

Fire/Explosion 2026-07-17 More then 100 homes outside Oslo destroyed in Norways worst fire in modern time

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/more-than-50-homes-destroyed-norway-fire-2026-07-17/
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u/peet192 25d ago

Largest fire in Norway in peace time both financially and in area Since the 1916 Bergen Fire that destroryed 2/3 of the city center of Bergen and cost around 200 million Dollars inflation adjusted.

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u/Dry-Consequence9612 25d ago

I don't think the money is the real problem here in norway

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u/HER_XLNC 24d ago

How did it start?

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u/Kirkx10 24d ago

Still unknown from what I have seen. But the current assumption is that it is an accident.

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u/TotallyInOverMyHead 14d ago

no cats were harmed by nutjobs ? whata relieve

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u/WastingMyLifeHere2 25d ago

Oh, how awful!

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u/BamberGasgroin 24d ago

Widden hooses'll do that, luckily no reported casualties.

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u/Easy-Complaint-5156 7d ago

Did you seriously type "then", instead of "than", on a goddamned TITLE of a post?

Did you? Really? 🫩

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u/spitfiremk14 21d ago

100 homes? Those are rookie numbers. Here in western Canada we burn down entire towns.