Overview
- Authorities revised earlier reports from the De Leyhoeve blaze, confirming zero casualties after medical checks and inspections.
- The fire began in a second‑floor meter cupboard, a water pipe burst causing additional damage, and the response was escalated to GRIP 1 with roughly 200 residents evacuated to a nearby hotel.
- Most residents have since returned, but sixteen apartments remain closed due to smoke and water damage and loss of power, with rehousing and insurance arrangements in motion.
- Building owner Bonita Groep said the chef triggered the alarm and, along with a staff member, was checked for smoke inhalation and released the same evening.
- Separate large fires hit an industrial hall at Waayenberg Coatings in Barneveld and a vacant building in Middelharnis, where NL-Alerts were issued and overnight nablussen and cleanup continued after a brief flare‑up early Monday.