(Oslo) They were hot. Two occupants of a car which had plunged into the Oslofjord, in the center of the Norwegian capital, were rescued Thursday by a… floating sauna, Norwegian police announced.
“When the car ended up in the water, two people were apparently inside,” Oslo police wrote on X. “They were rescued by a floating sauna,” she added.
The Oslofjord has several floating saunas available for rental, some mobile and motorized.
On a video filmed by witnesses and recovered by AFP, we see two occupants of the Tesla taking refuge on the roof of the car, which sinks just before the arrival of the floating sauna.
“I put full throttle towards the people who were getting out of the car,” confided the “ skipper » from the floating sauna, Nicholay Nordahl, to the newspaper Verdens Gang (VG).
“We arrived just as the car sank. With the help of two hosts, we fished them out. They were able to warm up in the sauna,” he added.
According to a police officer quoted by the media, the two occupants were unhurt.
Police said they do not know at this stage why the Tesla ended up in the water.
Always according to VGits driver said he thought the car was in parking mode on a fjord-side quay when he pressed the accelerator pedal.
“She then jumped into the water,” he told the newspaper. “It was a horrible feeling.”
The vehicle was also recovered. But by a recovery truck.