Two hurt in Rotterdam gas leak explosion; Possibly intentional
4 years, 7 months ago

Two hurt in Rotterdam gas leak explosion; Possibly intentional

NL Times  

Two people were wounded Friday morning in Rotterdam when a forceful explosion in a flat blew out the apartment’s facade. A gas leak led to the explosion on Vignolastraat, according to the regional emergency services office. In een woning in een flatgebouw aan de Vignolastraat in Rotterdam heeft een explosie plaats gevonden. The fire was brought under control by 9:50 a.m. Building inspectors were carrying out checks on the homes affected by the explosion, the emergency office stated.

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Overnight explosions hit Apeldoorn family crisis center, homes in Rotterdam & Zwijndrecht
6 days, 10 hours ago

Overnight explosions hit Apeldoorn family crisis center, homes in Rotterdam & Zwijndrecht

NL Times  

A series of overnight explosions across the Netherlands have left several buildings damaged but fortunately caused no injuries. The blasts occurred in multiple locations, including a family crisis center in Apeldoorn, residential areas in Zwijndrecht and Rotterdam, and an apartment building in Amersfoort. In Apeldoorn, two loud explosions rocked the JP van den Bent Foundation's short-term care facility on the …

Man injured while planting explosive on car in Rotterdam
1 week, 4 days 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 …

Three dead and several injured after apartment block explosion in the Netherlands
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Three dead and several injured after apartment block explosion in the Netherlands

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Loud bangs rocked the Mariahoeve neighbourhood in The Hague …

Netherlands: Huge explosion collapses portion of three-storey apartment in Hague, many feared trapped
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Netherlands: Huge explosion collapses portion of three-storey apartment in Hague, many feared trapped

Hindustan Times  

An explosion hit the Netherlands capital Hague on Saturday, collapsing a portion of a three-storey apartment and injuring several people, the Associated Press reported. Firemen stand next to a partially collapsed residential building following a fire and an explosion in The Hague on December 7. Emergency rescue personnel said four people were rescued from under the rubble and expressed fear …

Video of fatal Rotterdam explosion shows mystery van’s narrow escape
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Video of fatal Rotterdam explosion shows mystery van’s narrow escape

NL Times  

Surveillance camera footage shows a white delivery van narrowly escaping a massive explosion on Schammenkamp in Rotterdam last week, which cost the lives of three people. The explosion happened at around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, January 29, in a building comprising businesses on the ground floor and apartments above. The police currently believe that one of the business premises in …

Three people are still missing after Rotterdam explosion
11 months ago

Three people are still missing after Rotterdam explosion

Dutch News  

Part of an apartment complex in Rotterdam which was destroyed in an apparent gas explosion earlier this week has not yet been properly searched for the bodies of three missing people because the building is unsafe. The relatives, however, say they want their missing family members to be found as soon as possible, and a group have been gathered near …

Three people are still missing after Rotterdam explosion
11 months ago

Three people are still missing after Rotterdam explosion

Dutch News  

Part of an apartment complex in Rotterdam which was destroyed in an apparent gas explosion earlier this week has not yet been properly searched for the bodies of three missing people because the building is unsafe. The relatives, however, say they want their missing family members to be found as soon as possible, and a group have been gathered near …

Multiple explosions in Rotterdam overnight; One in The Hague
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Multiple explosions in Rotterdam overnight; One in The Hague

NL Times  

It was a restless night in Zuid-Holland, with five explosions in the Rotterdam region and one in The Hague, the police reported. There were four explosions in Rotterdam overnight and one in Vlaardingen. The explosions in Rotterdam happened on Gouvernestraat in Oude West, Stockholmpad in Oosterflank, Kruiningenstraat in Pendrecht, and Buffelstraat in Kralingse Veer. I think very normal people live …

Explosions rattle Rotterdam, Almere & Zwijndrecht overnight
1 year ago

Explosions rattle Rotterdam, Almere & Zwijndrecht overnight

NL Times  

There were three more explosions in the Netherlands on Saturday evening. It was earlier reported that explosion incidents have tripled compared to last year, and it does not show any signs of stopping, with three more incidents occurring in Rotterdam-Zuid, Almere, and Zwijndrecht. The first explosion to be announced by police was at a porch house at the Persoonshaven in …

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

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

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

Three explosions at Amsterdam housing complex this week; Another one in Rotterdam
1 year, 3 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 in a shop in Rotterdam; house in Rotterdam-West shot at
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 …

Rotterdam rocked by 7th explosion at a home in a week
1 year, 10 months ago

Rotterdam rocked by 7th explosion at a home in a week

NL Times  

An explosion blew the facade off a home on Pruimentuin in Rotterdam during the early hours of Friday morning. It was the seventh explosive attack on a Rotterdam home in seven days and the twelfth this month, Rijnmond reported. Later in the day, police announced two suspects in that case, saying they detained a 29 year old and a 21 …

Rotterdam record label hit by second explosion in one week
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 …

Explosion in Rotterdam home injures man; Cause of blast not known
2 years, 11 months ago

Explosion in Rotterdam home injures man; Cause of blast not known

NL Times  

A man was injured in an explosion in a house in Rotterdam early Sunday morning. The explosion happened around 2:20 a.m. Sunday in a house on Piet Paaltjensplein in the Spangen district. At about the same time, guns were fired at a home in the nearby Bospolder-Tussendijken district on Jan Kobellstraat, Rijnmond reported. On Saturday at around 4 a.m., an …

Three people wounded by gunshots during Rotterdam riots
3 years, 1 month ago

Three people wounded by gunshots during Rotterdam riots

NL Times  

Police reported Saturday evening that during the riots Friday evening in Rotterdam, three rioters sustained bullets wounds. The fact that gunshot wounds injured a third person became known a day later because they were admitted to a hospital outside the Rotterdam region. Riots broke out on the Coolsingel in Rotterdam on Friday evening around 8 p.m. Police were pelted with …

Explosion at Amsterdam home previously struck by bullets
4 years, 2 months ago

Explosion at Amsterdam home previously struck by bullets

NL Times  

There was an explosion at a home on Dijkmanshuizenstraat in Amsterdam early on Monday morning. This same home was targeted in a drive-by shooting in July, and their neighbors were the target of another explosion last week. Last week Wednesday, October 21, the authorities also responded to Dijkmanshuizenstraat after an explosion at around 4:00 a.m. Locals were woken by multiple …

Bomb scare prompts evacuation on Rotterdam street hit with gunfire days earlier
4 years, 7 months ago

Bomb scare prompts evacuation on Rotterdam street hit with gunfire days earlier

NL Times  

An explosive device was found outside a cafe in Rotterdam's ​Kralingen-Crooswijk neighborhood on Thursday afternoon, prompting an immediate evacuation of the vicinity, the police have confirmed. They called for further assistance shortly after, and with the help from the local fire brigade and the military's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service, the device was removed and later detonated safely at the Park …

Explosion at Rotterdam home, multiple suspects arrested
4 years, 7 months ago

Explosion at Rotterdam home, multiple suspects arrested

NL Times  

There was an explosion at a home on Jagthuisstraat in Rotterdam early on Monday morning, the Rotterdam police said. Windows were also blown out of several neighboring homes and cars on the street, police said in a statement. A car matching that description was later found in Amsterdam and the two people inside were taken into custody, the police said. …

Eight hurt in Rotterdam apartment building fire; woman jumps from 2nd floor window
4 years, 11 months ago

Eight hurt in Rotterdam apartment building fire; woman jumps from 2nd floor window

NL Times  

Eight people were hospitalized with injuries sustained in a fire in an apartment building in Rotterdam Zuid on Sunday night. Among the injured are a baby and a woman who jumped from a second floor window when smoke prevented her from using the stairs, AD reports. Eight people were taken to hospital by ambulance, including the woman who jumped out …

Two killed in apartment explosion near Rotterdam
5 years, 6 months ago

Two killed in apartment explosion near Rotterdam

NL Times  

Two people were killed on Friday after an explosion blew out the facade of an apartment in Vlaardingen, police confirmed. The incident took place shortly after 9:10 a.m. on the Van der Waalstraat in the Zuid-Holland city about five kilometers west of Rotterdam. Hulpdiensten hebben zojuist bekend gemaakt dat er bij de explosie in een flat aan de van der …

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