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Multiple Fires, Serious Crash and Drug-Related Closure Draw Large Emergency Response

Police and firefighters are investigating a serious two-car collision and a repeat sauna blaze that together tested local emergency capacity.

Overview

  • A two-car collision at the Parallelweg/N355 near Buitenpost left a 31-year-old man from Westerkwartier seriously injured; firefighters freed him from the wreck and he was taken to hospital while police investigate the cause.
  • Sportcentrum De Plataan in Wageningen was evacuated after a new fire in its sauna that staff began to fight and that the fire service brought under control about an hour later; the cause is currently unknown.
  • A dryer fire in a home on Van Lenneplaan in Groningen forced firefighters to evacuate two people and led ambulance crews to check residents for smoke inhalation.
  • A 15-year-old girl from Middelstum who had been reported missing was found in good health and police removed public social-media appeals about her location.
  • Local authorities moved to curb nuisance and protect the public by ordering a three-month closure of a room in a Muntendam building after police found various drugs, and in Doetinchem a cash-in-transit vehicle with mechanical trouble was secured on site with automatic protections and police support.