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Frost Triggers Travel Disruption as Police Probe Explosions and Arson Across the Netherlands

Agencies report icy-road crashes following the first freeze, with resources stretched by concurrent explosive incidents.

Overview

  • KNMI issued code yellow for slippery conditions after the season’s first night frost, and municipalities deployed gritters on key roads and cycle paths.
  • ProRail reported ice on overhead lines that stranded trains near UtrechtArnhem; night running is planned to keep catenary clear, though further disruption is possible.
  • Morning traffic saw multiple collisions, including at least five crashes on the A4/A12 near The Hague and a serious wreck that closed the Rietweg near Biddinghuizen, causing long delays and detours.
  • Police are investigating a new blast at a Nijmegen flat and a separate car explosion in Rotterdam-Crooswijk days after damaging detonations in Doetinchem, with no public arrests announced.
  • Officers dismantled a Rotterdam-Zuid drug lab and arrested two men, while two car fires in Assen are under arson investigation after one blaze spread to a garage.