Overview

• The blaze broke out just before 7 p.m. on the third floor on Harry Koningsbergerstraat, with a second fire starting when an evacuating resident left a pan on the stove, creating multiple seats of fire that complicated the response.
• Emergency services escalated to a very large incident and Grip-1, used drones to assess tactics, and evacuated about 90 people; five were treated for injuries, including a firefighter taken to hospital who is in stable condition.
• All apartments have been deemed uninhabitable due to smoke, soot, water and glass damage, the building has been sealed and guarded, and evacuees were received at a nearby sports venue with support from the Red Cross and Salvage.
• In Amsterdam-Zuidoost, Mayor Femke Halsema ordered a three-month closure of a home on Gerrit van den Boschpad after two explosions, a bullet letter and camera footage of a suspicious scooter repeatedly passing the address.
• Police are also probing a series of fires elsewhere, including a Bleiswijk mill that burned a day after another nearby structure fire and roughly 18 small suspected arson fires in Emmeloord-West that have unsettled residents.