Midsummer is a big holiday in the Scandinavian countries, and in many places is marked by huge bonfires of scrap and whatever to mark the night. This year’s fire on the Norwegian island of Sinningsodden set a new world record at 47.4 metres high.
Made of stacks of old pallets, scrap wood and paper and the like, it was piled up to that height, over 150 feet, without machinery. It was lit Saturday night with police and fire forces standing by, after a laser measurement confirmed the record height.
One Instagrammer reported “Around an hour after it was lit, we got to see fire coming down like a waterfall. We were sitting on the beach over 100 meters away, but the heat was still intense. I hope the gods are pleased.”
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