Overview
- The blaze broke out around 13:15 in a transport hall at CNC Grondstoffen on Orionweg on the Moerdijk industrial estate.
- A thick smoke plume moved over the A17 toward Zevenbergen and Langeweg before visibly diminishing by about 14:45.
- Regional fire services mobilized multiple engines both to fight the fire and to secure water supply, and crews are ventilating the building.
- The building was evacuated and freight train traffic on the adjacent line was halted as a precaution.
- A company employee said the fire may have started on a fill loft when a conveyor-belt motor ignited, with the cause under investigation.