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Netherlands Sees Spate of Car Fires as Rotterdam Blast Probed for Fireworks Link

Investigators focus on suspected fireworks use in vehicle fires during a high demand holiday period.

Overview

  • Police in Rotterdam secured materials after an Audi TT’s hood exploded; the fire brigade suspects heavy fireworks placed under the hood.
  • Overnight vehicle fires were reported in at least Rotterdam, Utrecht, Den Bosch, Emmen and Smilde, with no injuries confirmed.
  • EOD teams handled seized illegal or improvised fireworks, including a house search in Heeze and a controlled detonation of modified fireworks in Zwijndrecht.
  • In Amsterdam’s Floradorp, hours of unrest linked to a banned bonfire tradition saw firefighters protected by police and no arrests reported.
  • Separate updates include three burglary suspects arrested in Abcoude, an 85-year-old woman confirmed dead after a crash near Odijk, and Flevoland reporting 18 road deaths in 2025 pending CBS totals.