Overview

• The Amsterdam blaze on Harry Koningsbergerstraat began on the third floor and became complex after a second fire started when a fleeing resident left a pan on the stove, according to the safety region.
• Five people suffered smoke inhalation, including a firefighter taken to hospital, and the fire was brought under control after a Grip‑1, multi‑agency response with ladder rescues and a drone assisting operations.
• Roughly 90 displaced residents were moved to a nearby sports facility and cannot return home yet as police examine the scene and the cause remains undetermined.
• In Bleiswijk, an old mill converted to a house burned down a day after a nearby vacant building also caught fire; both structures were slated for demolition and police will probe possible links.
• In Amsterdam’s Gein, Mayor Femke Halsema ordered a residence closed for three months following two explosions and a bullet letter despite temporary camera surveillance, while police in West appeal for tips after an apparently unprovoked stabbing near Mercatorplein injured three.