Calls For Investigation Into 1995 Avalanche in Iceland

Residents of Flateyri in Iceland, who were affected by the avalanche in 1995 are calling for an investigation comparable to the one carried out into the Súðavík tragedy. They say this is not about assigning blame or compensation, but lessons to be learned. Read the whole story in RUV.

Nine months passed between two deadly avalanches. 14 people died in Súðavík and 20 in Flateyri. The investigative committee on Súðavík has prompted more residents of Flateyri to call for further investigations.

In a submission on a bill on almannavarna (Civil Defence), Jón Svanberg Hjartarson, who was a police officer in Flateyri when the avalanche fell, calls for provisions on such investigations to be included in the legislation, with reference to the investigative committee’s work on the Súðavík avalanche.

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