The fires now in December are just two of several in autumn and winter. In August, 500 pigs burned inside a barn in Klepp på Jæren . A few days later , 300 pigs died in a fire at Bøttum in Ringsaker.

Two months later, 150 cattle lost their lives in a large fire at Byrkjelo in Gloppen . In November, a barn in Gausdal caught fire and 90 cattle were lost.