Clear News | Tuesday 26.5.2026

Kalasatama fire. Immigration. Wolt. Weather.

Kalasatama fire

First the news about the fire.

A fire broke out in an apartment building in Kalasatama, Helsinki, on Saturday. The fire likely started when people were grilling food on the balcony of the building. The fire quickly spread to the roof of the building.

No one was injured in the fire.

An apartment building burned down in Kalasatama, Helsinki, on Saturday.

The apartment building has over 60 apartments. They are currently uninhabitable. The fire caused millions of euros in damage.

Immigration

Next news about immigration.

Many countries receive far more refugees or asylum seekers than Finland. Yet there is a lot of discussion about humanitarian immigration in Finland.

A Yle report says that Finland has generally received around 1,000-3,000 refugees or asylum seekers per year. In recent years, many war refugees from Ukraine have come to Finland.

Many countries receive far more asylum seekers than Finland.

More people are now coming to Finland from abroad to work or study than before. More people are coming to Finland to work than before, especially from Asian countries.

Renting Wolt accounts

Now the topic is the food delivery company Wolt.

Food delivery company Wolt is preventing food delivery accounts from being rented. Wolt says that accounts will no longer be rented in August.

It’s hard to get a job as a Wolt food delivery person, so many people rented a work account from another delivery person.

Many Wolt couriers have paid hundreds of euros per month in account rent

The accounts have been rented for years, but rents have increased recently.

Weather

Still a weather forecast.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, the weather will be windy. The weather will cool down. It will rain in the east. The temperature in the east will only be about 5 degrees.