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Weekend Surge of Fires, Explosion and Crashes Tests Dutch Emergency Services

Forensic teams and emergency crews are working at multiple secured scenes across the region.

Overview

  • The large landfill fire in Barneveld sent thick black smoke over nearby towns on Sunday and is now under control, but the Veiligheidsregio Gelderland Midden says wetting out and nablussen will take considerable time.
  • Police in Delfzijl have opened a criminal investigation after a late‑Sunday explosion damaged a business front; officers found a bottle with an unknown liquid, unexploded heavy firework remnants and Forensic Investigation has secured traces for further analysis.
  • A single‑vehicle crash on the Eerdsebaan near Veghel left four people injured, two seriously, and police have seized vehicles for forensic examination while neighbourhood reports that a street race preceded the crash remain unconfirmed.
  • Three suspects arrested after a Bilthoven pursuit remain detained after firearms and hard drugs were found in the car, and a nearby flat was temporarily evacuated earlier when dangerous substances were suspected.
  • Officers have launched an underwater search in the Ringvaartplas after a tip linked a recovered firearm to a years‑old murder probe and have asked magnet‑fishers who may have retrieved weapons to come forward.