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The Krokstadelva Fire (Norwegian: Storbrannen i Krokstadelva) is a large-scale fire that began on 17 July 2026 in the Krokstadelva area of Drammen municipality, Norway, igniting a row of terraced houses (rekkehus) and rapidly spreading to surrounding residential neighborhoods and forested land. As a result of the fire, 116 homes were rendered completely uninhabitable and more than 400 people were evacuated. Authorities have classified the fire as Norway’s largest such fire in close to a century.