Two seriously injured by huge fire after gas explosion – AD.nl

Two seriously injured by huge fire after gas explosion – AD.nl

Sandra Don
1-2-15 – 17:19

” Dweller of the property is fascinated disposed

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Update In two homes in the Moddermanstraat Rotterdam raged afternoon a very large fire. According to police, there was an explosion in advance. There are twelve wounded, two of them serious condition. About 150 residents to Sunday night still not returned home. The fire is now master.

I heard a giant bang and suddenly it was all out

Elderly local resident

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The street is located in Rotterdam Schiebroek. The fire raged in two aangrenzen homes. There is lots of great damage after the explosion.

At least two flats facades are blown away. Jumped from about one hundred homes in the area are the windows.

Because of the gas explosion and huge fire certainly thirteen people were injured, one person seriously. About the nature of the injuries is still unknown. The wounded are taken to various hospitals in the area.

Police Dogs
Emergency services, energy suppliers and the town tonight begin recording the damage to the block and environment in the Rotterdam Moddermanstraat. It also examines how the explosion that afternoon prior to the very large fire could occur.

Police dogs searching the apartment to people, but according to the Safety is still one missing.

Psychiatric patient
Locals claim that the occupant of the building where the explosion took place, was transported handcuffed. According to his ex-wife, he would be a psychiatric patient.

Local residents are shocked by the blast that could be heard for miles around. ,, I heard a huge bang and suddenly everything was out, ” says a fierce startled elderly local resident. The steps of her house is beaten out. Also, all the windows are broken.

Trauma Helicopters
Emergency shoot in droves to help and also flying trauma helicopters. Twitter make people reported multiple explosions. Anywhere in the area is glass. Police have suffered from many disaster tourists.

Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb this afternoon went to the Moddermanstraat in Rotterdam Schiebroek. The mayor wants to personally informed of the situation. The fire department told him that the explosion in the ‘nearby’ was heard. Then Aboutaleb went to nearby Good Herderkerk where are collected about a hundred residents.

About 150 residents to Sunday night still not returned home. The municipality arranges care, such as a hotel, for evacuated residents who can not rely on family. ,, There is asleep no one here in Rotterdam on the street outside, so these people can not, ” the mayor said.