Heavy fireworks explosion forces residents to leave home in middle of night
3 years, 1 month ago

Heavy fireworks explosion forces residents to leave home in middle of night

NL Times  

Around 100 people had to temporarily leave their homes in an apartment complex on the Schipohlweg in Leiden in the night from Friday to Saturday after heavy fireworks were set off. Shortly after half-past three in the morning, police received a report that the building was full of smoke caused by heavy fireworks. There were more heavy fireworks inside that had not yet gone off. On Friday evening, the police received several reports of disturbances in the building.

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A fireworks explosion in the Honolulu area kills 3 people, injured at least 20
3 days, 7 hours ago

A fireworks explosion in the Honolulu area kills 3 people, injured at least 20

LA Times  

A woman stands in front of a home in Honolulu on Wednesday where a New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion killed at least three people and injured 20 others. A New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in a Honolulu-area neighborhood killed at least three people and critically injured 20 others, authorities said. Fireworks debris is seen outside a home in Honolulu where …

Explosions and bomb threats investigated across Leiden, Sassenheim, and Voorhout
1 week, 3 days ago

Explosions and bomb threats investigated across Leiden, Sassenheim, and Voorhout

NL Times  

Authorities are investigating a series of explosions and the discovery of an explosive device in three Dutch towns over consecutive nights, raising concerns about public safety. Less than 24 hours later, in the early hours of Sunday, Dec. 22, another explosion rocked a multi-tenant business complex on Rijksstraatweg in Sassenheim. In response to the incidents, Mayor Carla Breuer of Teylingen, …

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 …

Disaster averted: Police say illegal fireworks could have destroyed town
4 years, 2 months ago

Disaster averted: Police say illegal fireworks could have destroyed town

NL Times  

Illegally-stored fireworks found during a bust in Winterswijk could have damaged everything within a 400-meter radius, police said. The “large amount of heavy illegal fireworks” was discovered in a neighborhood of the eastern district of the Gelderland village. Some of the fireworks found were three-times more powerful than the Cobra 6 explosives targeted by police in years past, according to …

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. …

Fireworks bombings force Deventer family from their home; Two other homes also hit
5 years ago

Fireworks bombings force Deventer family from their home; Two other homes also hit

NL Times  

A Dutch-Turkish family in Deventer fled their home on Monday after two separate firework bomb attacks over the weekend. In both instances, unknown people placed the heavy explosives in the mail slot of the family home. The first attack took place around 2:50 a.m. on Saturday, when two separate Cobra fireworks, banned in the Netherlands, were tossed inside. Buurt na …

Apartment Building Evacuated After Carbon Monoxide Leak
7 years, 1 month ago

Apartment Building Evacuated After Carbon Monoxide Leak

NL Times  

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