Overview
- The blaze started in a second-floor apartment at the De Schanshoek complex on De Hofstedenlaan and was described as fully developed.
- The resident of the affected apartment suffered minor injuries and shock, and that unit was declared uninhabitable with the flat above sustaining significant damage.
- A swift response by the fire brigade and police enabled a full evacuation, and ambulance crews checked several people for smoke inhalation with no serious injuries reported.
- About ten residents, many of them elderly and including some wheelchair users, were temporarily sheltered at neighborhood center De Schans.
- Authorities advised displaced residents to stay with family or consider a hotel for the night while smoke and structural damage are assessed.