Overview
- A large pile of garden cuttings and plastic roughly 20 by 30 metres caught fire at a waste-processing site on the Helmkamp in Dinxperlo, which burned Monday evening and produced heavy smoke and metres-high flames.
- Multiple fire brigades from Dinxperlo and neighbouring Germany responded and used large volumes of water and a crane to pull apart burning material for extinguishing.
- Emergency crews protected an adjacent petrol station by cutting the fuel supply and creating a water curtain, and they kept onlookers at a safe distance.
- The Veiligheidsregio reported the situation was under control by about 00:40 but said firefighters would spend several more hours dousing hotspots; the cause of the fire remains unknown.
- The site is reported to be the former Complexie facility that closed last year with unprocessed waste still on the premises, a detail that heightens questions about pollution and regulatory oversight as authorities open an investigation.