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.