Man arrested for fire at Red Cross Hospital is a 37-year-old from Beverwijk

16 hours, 21 minutes ago

Man who was arrested on suspicion of murder after a girl, four, and two others died in a house fire in Northamptonshire is released

No further action will be taken against a man arrested on suspicion of murder after three people including a four-year-old girl died in a horror Northamptonshire village fire. No further action will be taken against a 54-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of murder after three people - which included a girl, four - died in a Northamptonshire fire …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Police officers attacked with fireworks outside Naaldwijk café; No arrests made

NL Times

Police officers responding to reports of a disturbance in Naaldwijk were targeted with fireworks on Saturday night. Authorities received a call at approximately 9:50 p.m. regarding a "large group of people" setting off fireworks near the venue. When officers arrived at the scene, they were immediately met with fireworks directed at them, a police spokesperson confirmed. However, details regarding the …

Fireworks

1 week, 3 days ago

Illegal homemade fireworks suspected in Pacoima explosion that displaced dozens of families, police say

LA Times

Officials continue their investigations on Friday at the site of a house explosion in Pacoima. Explosive materials, possibly used in an illegal homemade fireworks operation, were discovered in a Pacoima home that exploded Thursday, critically injuring one man and displacing several families, police said Friday. “LAPD bomb squad has identified explosive material inside of the partially collapsed structure, some of …

Explosion Evacuation Los Madison Inside Lapd Pacoima

1 week, 5 days ago

Man, 70, sentenced to seven years in prison for three explosion attacks in The Hague

NL Times

The court in The Hague has sentenced a 70-year-old man to seven years in prison for causing three explosions in The Hague’s city center. The man also confessed that he could be seen on camera during the attacks on June 10 and 13. The man denies his role in the explosion on June 12, but the court found him guilty …

Explosion Man Hague Explosions Court Suspects

1 week, 5 days ago

House fires: One person killed in Drachten, another hospitalized in Delft

NL Times

Firefighters in the Netherlands had their hands full on Tuesday night. A house fire in Drachten killed one person. The fire brigade evacuated several homes on the street due to the blaze. Delft The fire in Delft started in a home on Nieuwstraat at around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday and spread to several upstairs apartments in that street and two …

Blaze One Person Brigade House Fires Delft Nijmegen Drachten

1 week, 6 days ago

Dutch burns units on standly for nightclub fire victims

Dutch News

Burns centres in Groningen, Beverwijk and Rotterdam are on standby to receive victims of a fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia, which killed at least 59 people. Some 155 people suffered various degrees of burns, 22 of whom a in a critical state. Local hospitals could not cope with the number of victims and burns units in neigbouring countries …

Burns Nightclub

2 weeks ago

Man set on fire at New York's Times Square, assailant fled the scene

Firstpost

The New York Police Department said that the 45-year-old was found on fire at around 4 am and was taken to a nearby hospital. The authorities noted that the man is currently in stable condition, and the assailant allegedly fled the scene A 45-year-old man set himself on fire in the middle of Times Square in New York on Sunday. …

New York York Man Set

2 weeks ago

Man is set on fire in Times Square as police hunt for arsonist on the loose

Daily Mail

Police in New York City are urgently searching for an arsonist after a man was brutally set on fire in Times Square early Sunday morning. A 45-year-old man was left with severe burns on his face and arms after a suspect set him on fire early Sunday morning in Times Square Police said they believe the man was set on …

Victim Man First Responders Set Nypd Times Square Kawam

2 weeks, 2 days ago

"Unbelievably sorry" Tarwekamp explosion suspects in court

Dutch News

The main suspect in the deadly explosion in The Hague in December, which killed six people and injured a further four, has told judges he is “so unbelievably sorry.” Appearing in court for a procedural hearing, Moshtag B, 33, said it had never been his intention to kill and that he truly regrets what happened. The explosion at the housing …

2 weeks, 6 days ago

Man arrested in Arnhem fire probe is a "known troublemaker"

Dutch News

The 57-year-old man arrested on Saturday in connection with the devastating fire in the centre of Arnhem is a known troublemaker in the neighbourhood, broadcaster NOS said on Monday, citing confidential sources. Three men, aged 57, 41 and 30 were arrested in connection with the fire that seriously damaged 10 buildings, including some 30 apartments, leaving dozens of people homeless. …

Men

3 weeks ago

Fire in apartment complex thought to have started in drugs lab

Dutch News

Police have uncovered a drugs lab in an apartment complex in a commuter town near Amsterdam that had to be evacuated following a fire at the weekend. Some 50 people, including 15 residents of a care facility, had to leave the complex of three tower blocks in Heemstede after the blaze broke out at around 1pm on Sunday. Police confirmed …

Drugs Lab Complex Thought

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Three arrested for suspected arson in devastating Arnhem fire

NL Times

Three men have been arrested in connection with the massive fire that ravaged Arnhem’s historic city center last week, police announced Saturday evening. Arnhem Mayor Ahmed Marcouch reacted strongly to the arrests, calling the suspected arson “a heartbreaking thought.” In a statement posted on X, he said, “Many Arnhemmers lost their homes and belongings, and our city center will bear …

Arnhem

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Police arrest owner of Kalyani firecracker factory where blast killed four

The Hindu

A day after four people died in an explosion at an illegal firecracker factory in Kalyani Rathtala in West Bengal’s Nadia district, police arrested its owner on Saturday. According to the police, four people — Ruma Sonar, Bharati Choudhury, Anjali Biswas and Durga Saha — died in the incident. Hours after the explosion, Nilimesh Roy Chowdhury, chairperson of the Kalyani …

Explosion Kalyani Firecracker

1 month, 3 weeks ago

10 suspects already arrested for deadly Hawaiian firework explosion - and police say more are coming

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Four people have been …

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Arrests in the deadly Honolulu fireworks explosion grow to 10

Associated Press

HONOLULU — The total number of people arrested in the deadly explosion of illegal fireworks in a Honolulu neighborhood on New Year’s Eve has grown to 10. The latest arrests: A man, 32, and a woman 31, were arrested on suspicion of reckless endangering, endangering the welfare of a minor and multiple fireworks offenses. A man, 29, was arrested on …

Fireworks Man Arrested Honolulu

2 months, 1 week ago

Man, 21, dies after fireworks aimed at people in ‘disturbance’ on street

The Independent

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Paisley

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Man arrested by citizens near Kenneth fire not charged with arson, police say

The Independent

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Police arrest 16 men over week of explosions and shootings

Dutch News

Police have arrested 16 people from Alphen aan de Rijn in Zuid-Holland over the last few months in connection with numerous gang-related explosions and shootings, the public prosecution office has said. The prosecution office said the incidents, which took place between October 10 and October 17 at premises in Alphen aan de Rijn, Leiden, Rijnsateroude and Valkenburg were probably related …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

16 arrested in a series of violent incidents linked to a drug conflict

NL Times

A series of violent incidents, including shootings and explosions, has led to the arrest of 16 individuals in Zuid-Holland, with authorities linking the events to a major drug-related conflict. The Public Prosecution Service believes the violence, which occurred between October 10 and October 17 in Alphen aan den Rijn, Leiden, Rijnsaterwoude, and Valkenburg, is connected to the same criminal organisation. …

Incidents Den Leiden Violent Incidents Rijn Aan Den Rijn

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Fire in Eindhoven asylum shelter leaves two injured, suspect arrested

NL Times

Two people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out Monday night at an asylum seekers’ shelter on Anthony Fokkerweg in Eindhoven. The facility, a former Novotel, was immediately evacuated, with approximately 170 residents displaced as a precaution, according to a spokesperson for the Veiligheidsregio. “It has since been extinguished, and efforts are underway to clear the building …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Man sentenced to six months for throwing fireworks at police in the Hague

NL Times

A 19-year-old man, Bourak M., was sentenced to six months in prison by a court in The Hague on Friday for throwing fireworks at police officers during New Year's Eve celebrations in the city. The incident occurred around 11:15 p.m. on Marketweg, when M. threw fireworks at two police officers riding bicycles. M. admitted to being intoxicated and acknowledged throwing …

Officers Police Officers Throwing Fireworks

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Six die in firecracker blast in TN's Bommaiyapuram village

New Indian Express

VIRUDHUNAGAR: Six workers died and one sustained injury in an explosion at Sainath Fireworks Industries, a licenced firecracker manufacturing unit at Kottaiyur village near Virudhunagar, on Saturday. According to sources, preliminary investigation revealed that violation of protocols, including manufacturing of crackers beyond the approved limit, led to the accident at the unit’s chemical mixing block. The cracker unit, which has …

Unit

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Man, 46, dies from firework injuries, taking death toll to two

Dutch News

A 46-year-old man who was badly injured in an accident involving fireworks on New Year’s Eve has died in hospital, Tiel town council has confirmed to local broadcaster Omroep Gelderland. “A ban would be a good first step.” Prime minister Dick Schoof has already made it clear the government has no plans to introduce legislation to stop the sale of …

New Year Firework Rotterdam

2 months, 4 weeks ago

3 Killed, Over 20 Injured in Honolulu Fireworks Blast

Deccan Chronicle

Honolulu: Emergency crews arrived to a chaotic and gruesome scene in a Honolulu neighbourhood after a large New Year's firework tipped over after being lit and ignited a fiery, shrapnel-studded blast that killed three people and injured more than 20 others, several of them critically. Two women died at the scene and a third woman died at a hospital, authorities …

Fireworks Firework Honolulu

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Eye hospital operates on seven with fireworks injuries, another planned for Thursday

NL Times

So far, 27 people have been admitted to the Rotterdam Eye Hospital with eye injuries caused by fireworks. The Rotterdam Eye Hospital serves the greater Rijnmond region, as well as people wounded in the western portion of Noord-Brabant and those in Zeeland. The hospital said that legal fireworks caused 13 or 14 of the injuries, and illegal fireworks injured two …

Eye Injuries Eye Fireworks Injuries Eye Hospital

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Dutch ring in New Year with fireworks, car fires and riot police

Dutch News

There were a number of minor incidents during the New Year celebrations in the Netherlands and a 14-year-old boy from Rotterdam was killed earlier in the evening, reportedly while trying to relight an illegal cobra firework, officials said on Wednesday morning. Hospitals were also busy dealing with injuries but were surprised by the large number of under-16s being admitted with …

Car New Year Firework Riot Police Fires Rotterdam Car Fires

2 months, 4 weeks ago

New Year’s Eve in the Netherlands: riots, arson, and injuries across provinces

NL Times

New Year’s Eve celebrations across the Netherlands turned chaotic as riots, arson, and injuries were reported in several provinces. The unrest included the burning of a police car in Veen, fireworks explosions causing severe injuries in Wognum, hospitalizations for firework-related injuries and children with alcohol poisoning nationwide, and widespread incidents of violence and property damage in cities like Rotterdam, The …

Injuries Emergency Car Fireworks Eve Firework Rotterdam

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Fireworks injuries far more severe this year than previous New Year’s, surgeons say

NL Times

Sixteen fireworks-related injuries were reported at emergency rooms in Twente hospitals between New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, with the severity of injuries significantly worse than in previous years, primarily caused by illegal fireworks, according to hospital officials. Van Stigt, who worked 25 consecutive hours during the New Year’s period, reported treating nine fireworks victims at MST’s emergency department. …

Injuries Patients Fireworks New Year Mst Illegal Fireworks Van Stigt

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Hospitals across the Netherlands report firework injuries on New Year's Eve

NL Times

As the new year rang in, hospitals across the Netherlands reported multiple cases of firework-related injuries, particularly to the eyes. At the Haaglanden Medisch Centrum in The Hague, 20 patients were treated in the first two hours of New Year’s Eve, with 10 suffering from firework injuries. The center's manager, Frans de Voeght, reported that the injuries were manageable, with …

Injuries Patients Eve Eye Firework Legal Fireworks Oogziekenhuis

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Second person killed in New Year’s fireworks accident; Buren man succumbs to injuries

NL Times

An accident involving fireworks during the New Year’s period claimed the life of a 46-year-old man. He was the second person who died in a fireworks-related incident, with a 14-year-old Rotterdam boy also killed on Tuesday. "It concerns a man from Buren who was there to celebrate New Year's Eve with family,” Tiel Mayor Frank van der Meijden told the …

Buren

3 months ago

Fatal fire in Vroomshoop investigated as possible double homicide

NL Times

A fire that claimed the lives of Herman Dogger and his wife Jet in their Vroomshoop home on Friday evening is now being investigated as a potential double homicide. Emergency responders pulled Herman and Jet Dogger from the burning house and transported them to a hospital, where they later died from their injuries. Several neighbors claimed that earlier on Friday, …

3 months ago

Police again preparing for possibility of violent incidents during New Year's Eve

NL Times

The police are again making preparations in the last week of the year for a number of serious incidents expected to happen at the turn of the New Year. Officers have not developed any tips or intelligence to indicate something will definitely happen in a specific location, emphasized Corry van Breda, who runs national violence approaches at the police. Nearly …

Eve Van Breda Heavy Fireworks Van Breda

3 months ago

UP Man Who Set Himself On Fire Near New Parliament Building Dies After Suffering 95% Burns

ABP News

The man who set himself on fire near the new Parliament building on Thursday died after suffering 95 per cent burns. The man in his early 30s was rushed to the hospital by security personnel deployed near Parliament and was undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit of the burns department, a professor in the department of medicine at the …

Man Parliament Bagpat

3 months ago

Man injured while planting explosive on car in Rotterdam

NL Times

A 27-year-old man was injured in the early hours of Wednesday while placing an explosive near a car in Rotterdam, according to local police. Emergency services were alerted around 2 a.m. about a man with a heavily bleeding leg on Adriaen van der Doeslaan in the Hillegersberg-Schiebroek neighborhood. Police said initial findings quickly made the injured man a suspect. "This …

Car Man

3 months ago

Explosion sparks fire at psychiatric facility in Barendrecht

NL Times

A fire broke out Tuesday evening at a psychiatric care facility in Barendrecht after an explosive device was thrown at the building’s entrance. The fire started at approximately 8:30 p.m. at the entrance of the Yulius psychiatric care facility on Dennenhout. Emergency services responded quickly, escalating the response to a “medium fire” level within six minutes. “With the coordinated efforts …

3 months, 1 week ago

Suspects in explosive arson that killed 6 in The Hague to appear in court today

NL Times

The pre-trial chamber of the court in The Hague will decide on Tuesday whether to extend the pre-trial detention of the four suspects of the devastating explosion at the Tarwekamp in the Mariahoeve district of The Hague. The Public Prosecution Service suspects them of causing the explosion with the death of six people and the injuries of others as a …

Rotterdam Roosendaal

3 months, 1 week ago

4 injured as fire breaks out at event management company in Delhi's Burari

India Today

Four people were injured after a fire broke out at a storage room used by an event management company in Delhi's Burari area on Sunday. Police and fire officials received a PCR call reporting the blaze at A-235 of Pradhan Enclave located in the Burari area of North East Delhi. The injured were identified as Anand Gupta, 24, Ravi Prakash …

Delhi Burari

One suffers 100% burns, 3 others hurt in fire at illegal firecracker factory in Delhi’s Burari

Hindustan Times

New Delhi The entire facility on the ground floor was gutted in the incident. One person suffered 100% burns and three others suffered varying degrees of injuries in an explosion at an illegal firecracker factory being run in a residential building in north Burari on Sunday, police said. Fire officials said that Singh suffered 100% burn injuries and was referred …

Delhi Injuries Burn Illegal Firecracker

3 months, 1 week ago

Police: youths dominate firework-related incidents

NL Times

Young people under 25 years old were involved in 70 percent of firework-related incidents in the Netherlands in 2023, according to police data. Tolga Koklu, a police official responsible for firework enforcement, expressed concern about the reckless behavior of young individuals handling fireworks. Perpetrators are often unaware of the serious consequences of their actions.” The ease with which young people …

Fireworks

3 months, 1 week ago

Police arrest two men in connection with explosion in Purmerend

NL Times

The police have arrested two men in the investigation into an explosion on the Maasstraat in Purmerend, they reported on Thursday. A 20-year-old suspect who is also from the city was arrested earlier in the same evening and is suspected of preparing "a retaliatory action," police said. This retaliatory action was being prepared after the explosion had caused a large …

Explosion Purmerend

3 months, 1 week ago

Van Weel calls for tough sentences to tackle wave of explosions

Dutch News

Justice minister David van Weel has expressed alarm about the increasingly frequent explosions in residential areas in the Netherlands in the wake of the devastating blast in The Hague that left six people dead. “Hand grenades” “These are more like hand grenades that are laid at people’s doors,” Van Weel said. It’s only a matter of time until even worse …

Explosion Blast Van Shop Owner Van Weel

3 months, 1 week ago

Number of explosions increased again in the Netherlands this year; 500 suspects arrested

NL Times

Around 500 suspects have been arrested for explosions this year, policeman Jos van der Stap, who is also the maker of the program “High Impact Crimes,” told NOS. Van der Stap said that the fireworks “have the power of a hand grenade and are a threat to a person’s life if it explodes close by.” Police say that the Netherlands’ …

Netherlands Explosions Illegal Fireworks Van Der Stap

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Another seven arrests made in connection with Plein ’40-’45 riots in Amsterdam

NL Times

Another seven arrests were made on Tuesday regarding the riots that took place on Plein ’40- ’45, in Amsterdam, on the evening hours of Monday, December 11, leading into Tuesday, November 12. This came days after the violence in Amsterdam city center surrounding the AFC Ajax match against Maccabi Tel Aviv. The violence on Plein ’40-’45 started at around 7:45 …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

One seriously injured, five homes damaged in Purmerend blast

Dutch News

One person has been seriously hurt and five homes in a terraced block in Purmerend have been badly damaged in an explosion and fire at one of the properties. Five people were checked at the scene by ambulance staff and a sixth person was taken to hospital with serious injuries, police said on Sunday morning. Last weekend six people were …

Purmerend Blast

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Police arrest two Rotterdam men in Alblasserdam bomb plot attempts

NL Times

Two Rotterdam men, ages 18 and 20, have been arrested for their suspected involvement in two attempts to detonate an explosive device near a home in Alblasserdam earlier this month, police said Saturday. The arrests come after three other suspects, including a 29-year-old man from Dordrecht and two boys, ages 15 and 16, from Zwijndrecht and Rotterdam, were detained in …

Arrest Rotterdam

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Two arrested in Tarwekamp explosion allegedly planned attack a week earlier

NL Times

Two men from Roosendaal, arrested for their alleged involvement in the deadly explosions in The Hague, were reportedly preparing for the attack a week before it occurred. The December 7 explosions on Tarwekamp in The Hague killed six people and injured four others. An explosives expert previously told Dutch broadcaster Omroep West that the jerrycans were likely used to trigger …

Explosion Men Oosterhout

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Four suspects identified in Hague explosion that killed six; Remanded to jail for arson

NL Times

All four suspects arrested in connection with an explosion and fire that left six people dead at an apartment complex in The Hague were ordered to remain behind bars for at least the next two weeks while the investigation continues. The examining magistrate in charge of Friday's hearing heard evidence about the four men, who are suspected of arson and …

Dutch Life Suspects Explosion Property Damage Hague Sentence

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Police complete investigation at location of explosion that killed 6 in The Hague

NL Times

The police investigation at the location of the explosion on the Tarwekamp in The Hague last Saturday has been completed. Several buildings collapsed due to explosions on Saturday morning on the street in the neighborhood of Mariahoeve. The municipality announced earlier on Thursday that the emergency order to stay away from the site of the explosions will not be extended. …

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