Some 50 people evacuated due to fire in Rotterdam snack bar

3 days, 10 hours ago

Czech restaurant explosion leaves at least six dead

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Restaurant Czech

5 days, 19 hours ago

Dutch hospital association express support for a national fireworks ban

NL Times

All the Dutch hospitals are behind the call from a large number of municipalities for a national fireworks ban, the Dutch Hospital Association wrote on their website. Municipalities called for a national fireworks ban after many suffered significant damage to their property during New Year’s Eve. Moreover, almost half of the victims are bystanders, many of whom are children.” The …

Dutch Fireworks Hospitals Hospital Nvz

1 week, 2 days ago

Police "frustrated and desperate" about firework violence: AD

Dutch News

A growing number of police officers have had enough of the way they become targets during the New Year festivities and are accusing the government of failing to act to end the chaos, the AD reported on Monday afternoon. The claim is made in an internal police memo and gives “an in-depth view of the frustration and desperation within the …

Ban Police Officers Firework Consumer Fireworks Emergency Service Workers

1 week, 6 days 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

1 week, 6 days 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 weeks ago

Calls mount for a national ban on consumer fireworks in NL

Dutch News

Amsterdam and Rotterdam mayors, and national police chief Janny Knol have all called for a national ban on fireworks following a number of serious incidents during the New Year festivities in the Netherlands, including the death of a 14-year-old youth. Consumer fireworks are banned in 19 cities, including Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht, but the ban was widely ignored, and firework …

Fireworks Ban Rotterdam

2 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 weeks ago

14-year-old killed in Rotterdam fireworks accident; Mayor urges nationwide ban

NL Times

A 14-year-old boy died Tuesday night in the Delfshaven district of Rotterdam after a tragic fireworks accident involving a cobra, an illegal and highly explosive firework. Rotterdam Mayor Carola Schouten expressed deep sorrow over the incident, calling it “intensely sad and tragic” during an interview on Met het Oog op Morgen on NPO Radio 1. Emergency responders attempted resuscitation, but …

Firework Boy Rotterdam

2 weeks, 2 days ago

At least seven overnight explosions in Amsterdam, mostly in West district

NL Times

A series of explosions disrupted the night in Amsterdam West and Zuidoost, damaging homes and leaving residents shaken but unharmed. The incidents occurred across Jacques Veltmanstraat at 7:55 p.m., Orteliuskade at 1:51 a.m., Krulslaplanstoen at 2:00 a.m., Laan van Spartaan at 2:13 a.m., Johan Hofmanstraat at 2:15 a.m., Hoofdweg at 2:22 a.m., and Jan Zijverszstraat at 3:10 a.m. The series …

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Most Netherlands residents have no idea about firework bans in their area

NL Times

More than half of the residents of areas with firework bans had no idea they were in place, a survey conducted by insurance company Achmea concluded, the AD reported. Around 21 percent of the 1000 people asked admitted that they pay very little attention to the measures and light fireworks anyway. A motion to ban fireworks across the country did …

Netherlands Fireworks Ban Firework Municipalities Firework Bans

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Rotterdam region urges public to not hinder emergency services on New Year’s

NL Times

The Rotterdam-Rijnmond Safety Region is calling on the public to avoid interfering with emergency services during New Year’s Eve, following incidents of violence against responders in previous years. During last year’s New Year’s Eve in Nieuw-Beijerland, emergency responders were attacked with fireworks after being called to extinguish several fires late in the evening. In Rotterdam, last year’s festivities were marked …

Emergency Services New Year Rotterdam

4 weeks, 2 days ago

Video: Fire breaks out at TikTok star's performance in Amsterdam; Venue evacuated

NL Times

A fire broke out during a performance by TikTok celebrity Lisanne Dijkstra in the Tolhuistuin on the IJpromenade in Amsterdam Noord on Sunday. Around 600 attendees were evacuated and Dijkstra’s second performance on Sunday evening had to be canceled. The fire broke out at around 2:55 p.m., an attendee who was inside with her daughter told AT5. When they could …

Dijkstra

1 month ago

Delhi: Fire Breaks Out At Restaurant In Rajouri Garden, People Jump Off To Roof Of Neighbouring Building — VIDEO

ABP News

A fire broke out on Monday in a restaurant near the Rajouri Garden Metro Station in west Delhi, creating panic in the busy market area. Ten fire tenders were immediately dispatched to the site to control the blaze," said Delhi Fire Services chief Atul Garg, as per news agency PTI. VIDEO | People jump off to the roof of a …

Delhi Pti Broke Rajouri Garden

1 month ago

Fire at Rajouri Garden restaurant: People jump from one roof to another in panic | VIDEO

India TV News

A major fire broke out at the Jungle Jamboree Restaurant in West Delhi's Rajouri Garden market on Monday, sending people into a state of panic. The fire, which erupted on the first floor of the restaurant, led to a chaotic scene as people inside, including women and children, rushed to escape the flames. Disturbing videos from the site show individuals …

Rajouri Garden

1 month, 1 week ago

Seven homes uninhabitable after parking garage fire in Rotterdam

NL Times

A fire in a parking garage on Katadreuffestraat near the Laan op Zuid early Sunday morning has left seven homes uninhabitable due to structural damage caused by the blaze. Five cars, including at least three electric vehicles, caught fire in the garage, prompting the evacuation of dozens of residents. "Residents of seven apartments cannot return home," stated the Rijnmond Safety …

Vehicles Electric Vehicles Garage

2 months ago

Video: Zeeland firefighters hurt after partial building collapse during response

NL Times

Two firefighters were injured when a wall collapsed while they were fighting a large fire in an agricultural barn in the Zeeland village of Driewegen. The other firefighters in their team were relieved by another firefighting team and the mayor took them in, Zeeland Veilig, the local office for the emergency services, said on X. When they saw the fire …

Zeeland Trucks Firefighters

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Wendy’s Brighton fire: Four girls aged 12 suffer ‘life-changing’ injures after incident in restaurant toilet

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Firecracker Chaos: Panicked Shoppers Fleeing Horror in Hyderabad Shop

Hindustan Times

A major fire broke out at a firecracker shop in Hyderabad, causing panic among shoppers. The incident, which occurred at the wholesale cracker shop named Paras Fireworks, has sparked widespread concern as video footage of the chaos circulates online. The video shows thick smoke billowing from the premises, painting a dramatic picture of the chaos that unfolded. Many viewers empathised …

Law Safety Emergency Fireworks Hyderabad

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Fire breaks out at Pandara Road’s Veg Gulati in Delhi; 2 adjacent eateries shut

Hindustan Times

A fire broke out at a famous restaurant at the Pandara Road market near India Gate in the early hours of Wednesday, fire officials said, adding that two other neighbouring eateries had to be shut down in precaution even though no casualties were reported in the blaze. Senior fire control officials said the blaze was reported at the Veg Gulati …

Restaurant Officials Road Fir Started Blaze Staffers

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Man killed in shooting in Amsterdam-Oost; Fire in apartment complex in Oosterhout

NL Times

A man was killed in a shooting incident on the Westelijke Merwedekanaaldijk in Amsterdam-Oost on Saturday night. Fire rages in apartment complex, suspects on the run A fire broke out in an apartment complex on Bredaseweg in Oosterhout on Saturday night. Bij nieuwbouwwoningen aan de Bredaseweg in Oosterhout heeft in de nacht van zaterdag op zondag opnieuw brand gewoed. De …

Oosterhout

7 months ago

Massive blaze breaks out in restaurant in Kolkata’s Park Street

The Hindu

A massive fire broke out in an under-construction restaurant at Park Centre, a multi-storied building in Kolkata’s Park Street area, at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Many residents and office employees promptly evacuated from nearby buildings and waited out on the street as the firefighters brought the fire under control. Park Street and its adjoining Camac Street, which are the …

Kolkata Street Park Park Street Park Centre

9 months, 1 week ago

Fire breaks out at eatery in Greater Noida’s Bisrakh

Hindustan Times

Noida: A major fire broke out at a restaurant in Greater Noida’s Bisrakh locality on Saturday night, a fire officer said, adding that the fire was put out with the help of a firefighting system and fire tenders. Fire officer Ajay Kumar said, “On Saturday around 10pm, the fire control room was informed by a local person that a fire …

Greater Noida Bisrakh

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Over 400 fireworks storage locations located in residential neighborhoods

NL Times

Nearly half of the Netherlands' fireworks storage locations are in residential neighborhoods. It concerns 405 locations where up to 10,000 kilograms of consumer fireworks are stored among homes spread throughout the Netherlands, EenVandaag reports based on figures from the country’s environmental services. “That is 400 times very dangerous,” Marcel Dokter, a firefighter of the Volunteer Fire Department, told EenVandaag about …

Fireworks Storage Eenvandaag Residential Neighborhoods Consumer Fireworks Torenvlied Fireworks Storage

9 months, 4 weeks ago

Series of explosions in five Dutch cities, causing damage to houses

NL Times

There were explosions in several places in the Netherlands during the night from Friday to Saturday. In Almere, a sushi restaurant on the Cinemadreef was severely damaged on Friday night around 10.50 p.m., Omroep Flevoland reported. Iets gehoord?https://t.co/vU5doS3yfG — Politie Flevoland March 16, 2024 Furthermore, there was a loud bang in a house in De Oeverloper in Dronten at around …

Explosion House Flevoland

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bangladeshi leader says a shopping mall that caught fire had no emergency exits. Death toll climbs

LA Times

Family members of a victim of a fire that broke out overnight at a commercial complex react in a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Friday. A six-story shopping mall that caught fire in the Bangladeshi capital had no fire exits, the country’s prime minister said Friday, as the death toll climbed to at least 46 and rescuers searched for more …

Bangladesh Building Dhaka Exits Death

11 months ago

Four hospitalized after fire in Amsterdam apartment building

NL Times

Four people got hurt in a large fire in an apartment building on Derde Schinkelstraat in Amsterdam Zuid on Wednesday. One got hurt when jumping from a balcony to escape the fire, and the other three suffered smoke inhalation. The fire broke out at around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday and quickly spread through the building, a spokesperson for the fire …

1 year ago

Rotterdam Eye Hospital treats 18 for fireworks injuries; All emergency rooms kept busy

NL Times

A total of 18 people were taken to the specialist Eye Hospital in Rotterdam during New Year's Eve and early New Year's Day because they suffered eye injuries caused by fireworks. The Eye Hospital said it was "another horrific night," just like last year. During the New Year's Eve period 12 months ago, a total of 17 victims were taken …

Hospital Eye Emergency Rooms Badenis Fireworks Injuries Eye Hospital

1 year, 1 month ago

Majority of women in NL feel unsafe due to fireworks on New Year’s Eve: survey

NL Times

More than half of the women in the Netherlands are reluctant to walk alone on the street during New Year's Eve due to fireworks, as reported by an RTL Nieuws survey published Monday. The survey also revealed a majority of people in the Netherlands in favor of a ban on consumer fireworks for New Year’s Eve. It found that 53 …

Netherlands Fireworks Survey Eve Ban Consumer Fireworks

1 year, 1 month ago

Two explosions in Rotterdam and one explosion in Dordrecht cause damage to homes

NL Times

Two explosions took place overnight in Rotterdam-Zuid. Informatie deelt u met ons, 0900-8844 — Politie Eenheid Rotterdam eo December 10, 2023 Shortly after, a second explosion took place at around 02:10 a.m. on the Ooltgensplaatweg in the Pendrecht. Om 02.10 schrokken buurtbewoners aan de #ooltgensplaatweg in #Rotterdam wakker van een explosie. Als u info voor ons heeft horen wij het …

Explosion Een Rotterdam Dordrecht

1 year, 1 month ago

Fire destroys church in Rotterdam neighborhood; Surrounding homes evacuated

NL Times

A large fire destroyed the Bethelkerk on Oranjestraat in the middle of the residential Overschie neighborhood in Rotterdam overnight. The emergency services evacuated five surrounding homes as a precaution. Members are mainly located in the Overschie neighborhood but also reside in other places within the greater Rotterdam area. They meet for weekly services on Sunday mornings, but the building is …

Rotterdam Neighborhood Surrounding Homes

1 year, 1 month ago

Study shows consumer fireworks storage is far more dangerous than previously thought

NL Times

The storage of so-called “light” fireworks, intended for consumer use, is much more dangerous than previously thought. The Culemborg firework disaster was caused the explosion of a storage space for fireworks, which led to the two deaths and heavy damage in the surrounding area. #History tdy 2000:The #Enschede fireworks disaster was a catastrophic fireworks explosion in #Dutch city of Enschede …

Research Explosion Fireworks Storage Enschede Consumer Fireworks Fireworks Storage

1 year, 2 months ago

Series of explosions in Rotterdam causes damage to homes, no one injured

NL Times

An explosion occurred at a house in Schaepmanstraat in Rotterdam on Saturday evening. As a result of the explosion, the facade and front door of the house were badly damaged, the police said. https://twitter.com/010fotograaf/status/1720929424822907066 According to the broadcaster, witnesses reportedly saw two boys driving away on a scooter after the explosion. In another incident, an explosion took place in a …

Explosion No One Rotterdam

1 year, 3 months ago

Rotterdam man found in burning apartment early Friday dies from gunshot wound

NL Times

A 60-year-old man from Rotterdam died early on Friday morning after firefighters found him critically injured with a gunshot wound in his burning home. Bij een grote brand aan het Handelsplein in Rotterdam is een man om het leven gekomen. De politie verricht onderzoek.https://t.co/zAms56KrHb pic.twitter.com/zsmaft31ra — MediaTV October 13, 2023 The fire department quickly extinguished the small fire, and the …

Rotterdam

1 year, 3 months ago

House damaged by explosion in Rotterdam; Explosion at home in Hoofddorp

NL Times

An explosion took place at a house on Karmozijnbes in Rotterdam around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday. Bij een woning aan de Karmozaanbes in Rotterdam Ommoord ging rond 05.30 uur een explosief af. 09008844 of @M08007000 — Politie Eenheid Rotterdam eo October 1, 2023 The police have launched an investigation and are calling on witnesses to come forward. Another explosion took …

House Rotterdam Explosion

1 year, 3 months ago

One dead and three injured after major fire in house in Gouda

NL Times

A Gouda resident died in a major fire that broke out in a house on the Westerkade in the Zuid-Holland city on Sunday morning. Three people were taken to hospital after the major fire, Omroep West reported. https://t.co/IhRSwKJ6fp pic.twitter.com/ICueNpAdQw — Omroep West October 1, 2023 The fire broke out Sunday morning around 5:30 a.m. on the first floor. According to …

West Sunday Morning Een Major Fire Westerkade Gouda

1 year, 3 months ago

Residents overpower suspect after explosion in Rotterdam; fatal car accident in Ritthem

NL Times

In Rotterdam-West, local residents overpowered a suspicious person after another explosive went off at a house in Grasstraat on Saturday night. Around 4:30 a.m., observant local residents saw someone suspiciously hanging around the front door of a house and overpowered the perpetrator. Nadat vannacht al een eerste verdachte kon worden aanhouden na de #explosie bij een woning aan de #grasstraat …

Rotterdam

1 year, 4 months ago

Three explosions at Amsterdam housing complex this week; Another one in Rotterdam

NL Times

A housing complex on Charlotte Brontestraat in Amsterdam was targeted in three attacks with explosives this week. In the last one on Thursday afternoon, several people sustained minor injuries, the police said. At 00:15 a.m. on Thursday, a perpetrator broke the window to the housing complex’s central entrance hall and threw in a bottle with a flammable liquid. “There is …

Explosion Rotterdam Several People

1 year, 5 months ago

Large fire at Albert Heijn supermarket in Haarlem

NL Times

A large fire is raging in the Albert Heijn on Soendaplein in Haarlem on Friday morning. “Employees of the supermarket discovered the fire during loading and unloading and called the fire brigade,” a spokesperson for the local safety office told NH Nieuws. The fire brigade escalated the situation to a “very large” fire and a GRIP 1 emergency - a …

Haarlem Large Fire Nh Nieuws

1 year, 5 months ago

Man killed and three injured in shooting incident in Den Helder; 20 homes in Susteren evacuated due to fire

NL Times

A 25-year-old man from Alkmaar was killed in a shooting at the intersection of Brouwerstraat and Bassingracht in Den Helder on Friday night. In de loop van de nacht is één van de zwaargewonden, een 25-jarige man uit Alkmaar, overleden. Bekend geworden dat een 3e persoon gewond is geraakt bij het schietincindent op de Bassingracht te #DenHelder. In another incident, …

Den

1 year, 5 months ago

Massive fire in Amsterdam's port area; Smoke cloud moving toward Zaandam

NL Times

A large fire broke out at a company on Ankerweg in the Westelijk Havengebied of Amsterdam early Friday morning. The fire department urged locals to stay out of the smoke, which was moving north toward Zaandam. The fire department escalated the situation to “large fire” and then “very large fire” within 20 minutes. Zo'n twintig minuten later schaalde de brandweer …

Smoke Cloud

1 year, 5 months ago

Explosion in a shop in Rotterdam; house in Rotterdam-West shot at

NL Times

An explosion occurred at a telephone repair shop on Beijerlandselaan in the Rotterdam district of Hillesluis in the night from Saturday to Sunday around 01.25 a.m., the police reported. The police have not arrested anyone and are asking people who saw or heard anything or know more about the incident to contact them. In another incident, the front door of …

Explosion No One Rotterdam

1 year, 6 months ago

Video: Raging fire in Rotterdam warehouse prompts NL-Alert

NL Times

Firefighters were busy Wednesday morning battling an intense fire in a wood storage facility on Keileweg in Rotterdam. The fire was so intense that the windows of nearby buildings also shattered, melting the lettering on the signage for the Praxis and Atelier Van Lieshout, according to Rijnmond. “The fire service is protecting the surrounding buildings with a water screen.” A …

Rotterdam

1 year, 8 months ago

Flames rip through Eindhoven building; Unclear if anyone was inside as NL-Alerts sent

NL Times

Over 100 firefighters were battling an intense fire in a vacant building in Eindhoven on Saturday evening. “The building will be partly demolished in order to be able to tackle the seat of the fire in a targeted way,” the fire department said four hours after the fire started. As large groups gathered to watch the situation unfold on Lichtstraat, …

Building Smoke Area Eindhoven Café Wilhelmina

1 year, 8 months ago

Video: NL-Alert messages sent for major fire in vacant Zoetermeer building; Two rescued

NL Times

Two NL-Alert messages were sent on Monday afternoon in connection with a fire in a vacant commercial building on Boerhaavelaan in Zoetermeer. The messages were sent due to the large amount of smoke generated by the fire, those in the area of southwestern Zoetermeer, Pijnacker, and Delft were advised to stay clear of the smoke and to keep windows and …

Building Pijnacker Zoetermeer Boerhaavelaan

1 year, 11 months ago

Rotterdam mayor pledges to keep lobbying for national fireworks ban

NL Times

Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb will continue to lobby national politicians on behalf of his city to turn local bans on fireworks into a nationwide ban. He said he believes this is partly because fireworks are sold legally in almost thirty Rotterdam businesses during the New Year’s Eve period, even though the fireworks cannot be ignited in the city. That is …

Fireworks City Eve Ban Rotterdam

2 years ago

Hundreds can't return to Amsterdam student housing damaged in Christmas fire

NL Times

The 219 residents of a student housing complex on Slotermeerlaan in Amsterdam Nieuw-West will not be able to return home for up to two months. The electricity installation was severely damaged by a fire in the utility cupboard the day before Christmas. Housing corporation Woonzorg, the owner of the apartments, confirmed that it would likely be a minimum of six …

Student Housing Woonzorg

2 years, 1 month ago

Many fireworks sellers closing up shop in the Netherlands

NL Times

Many fireworks sellers are shutting down their shops in the Netherlands. The government banning consumer fireworks over New Year’s during the coronavirus pandemic seemed to have been the tipping point for many sellers. After two years of not being allowed to sell fireworks, many sellers seem to have decided to close up shop, according to the newspaper. Consumer fireworks over …

Netherlands Fireworks Netherlands Residents Fireworks Sellers

2 years, 1 month ago

Rotterdam record label hit by second explosion in one week

NL Times

There was a possible explosion at a record label’s office on Hoogstraat in Rotterdam early this morning. The police confirmed that this was the second attack on the record label this week, though they didn’t call it an explosion but attempted arson. “Around 4:20 a.m., the window of the building, where a record label is located, was destroyed, and a …

2 years, 4 months ago

Amsterdam shuts another cafe for six months due to recent explosion

NL Times

Amsterdam officials ordered the Leidseplein hospitality business Cafe In The City to close for a period of six months after an explosive was detonated at the facility. “The deputy mayor has made the decision because of the serious danger to public order,” the city said in a statement. Especially given the difficult time our sector has been through in the …

Hospitality Businesses City Six Months Explosion Amsterdam

2 years, 5 months ago

Second explosion in week rocks Kleine-Gartmantplantsoen in Amsterdam

NL Times

An explosion went off at the Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen near the Leidseplein in Amsterdam early Saturday morning, just days after another explosion in the same area, according to AT5. According to the police, people nearby felt a the impact of the explosion in their bodies and the window of the targeted building –– a catering business –– was shattered. However, "it is …

Cafe In The City

Some 50 people evacuated due to fire in Rotterdam snack bar

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