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Overnight Emergencies Across Netherlands: Rhenen Garage Fire Destroys Building as A16 Crash Injures Three and Triggers Arrest

Arson is excluded in the Rhenen garage blaze that destroyed roughly ten vehicles.

Overview

  • Utrecht safety region says the Rhenen fire was under control at 02:13 and crews continued damping down until about 05:45, with no injuries reported.
  • Firefighters deployed more than eight engines, a foam unit from Ochten, an excavator to reach the interior, and long hose lines to draw water from the Nederrijn.
  • On the A16 near Breda-Noord, two cars and a van crashed, injuring three people who were taken to hospital as police detained the van driver after a drug-positive saliva test.
  • Rijkswaterstaat expected clearance, vehicle recovery, and guardrail repairs from the A16 crash to last until roughly 03:00, with traffic diverted toward the A17 and A58.
  • In separate incidents, a tram component pierced a carriage floor in The Hague injuring a passenger, a Rotterdam hotel was briefly evacuated for a kitchen fire, and collisions in Groningen and Vorden left cyclists hurt.