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.