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Firefighters Ram Door to Reach Sleeping Resident in Smoke-Filled Apeldoorn Flat

A pre-dawn smoke alarm prompted a rescue after food left on the stove filled the home with smoke.

Overview

  • Neighbors on Hobbemalaan reported smoke shortly after 04:30 as an alarm sounded in the apartment building.
  • Police and Brandweer Apeldoorn arrived, and firefighters forced the front door with a battering ram according to an on‑scene 112 reporter.
  • The source was food left on the stove, producing heavy smoke rather than an active fire.
  • Crews ventilated the apartment, and ambulance personnel treated the woman at the scene without hospital transport.
  • Omroep Gelderland’s 112 liveblog also reports a Laren crash with one person taken to hospital, an Ede rollover without injuries, a burned parked car in Arnhem, and an Ede house-front explosion likely caused by heavy fireworks.