Major fire destroys over 100 homes, forces evacuation of 400 in Norway

OSLO, July 18– More than 400 people have been evacuated after a major fire destroyed over 100 homes in Drammen municipality in Norway, about 40 km southwest of the capital Oslo, local authorities said Saturday.

Lars Jacob Hiim, director of the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection, described it as the largest recorded fire of its kind in Norway in modern times. No deaths or serious injuries have been reported.