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Rotterdam Car Explosion and Vehicle Fires Across Netherlands Spur Investigations

Authorities are examining evidence, including suspected heavy fireworks in one Rotterdam blast, after several vehicles burned overnight with no reported injuries.

Overview

  • On Rotterdam’s Keilestraat around 03:30, a taxibus and two cars were destroyed by fire, leaving the vehicles beyond repair.
  • An Audi TT parked on Tweebosstraat in Rotterdam suffered an under‑hood explosion around 01:00, and police collected materials to determine whether heavy fireworks were used.
  • Regional outlets reported additional overnight car fires in Utrecht, Den Bosch, Emmen and Smilde, with damage confined to vehicles and no casualties reported.
  • In Utrecht, an explosion around 23:00 damaged the entrance of an apartment building on Aartsbisschop Romerostraat, shattering glass and doorbells.
  • Separately, Omroep Flevoland tallied 18 traffic deaths in 17 crashes on the province’s roads in 2025, with the CBS set to publish the definitive count in spring.