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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Miranda Bryant in Stockholm

Danish village under threat from landslide of contaminated soil

The landslide at Nordic Waste near the village of Ølst, in Jutland, Denmark.
The landslide at Nordic Waste near the village of Ølst, in Jutland, Denmark. Photograph: Bo Amstrup/AP

People in a Danish village are living in fear of their homes being overrun by a landslide of contaminated soil in one of the worst environmental disasters in the country’s history.

The landslide is slowly moving towards Ølst, a village of 400 inhabitants south of Randers in Jutland, after the soil started moving at a nearby plant, run by Nordic Waste, where it has already demolished buildings.

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