Overview
- Emergency services declared GRIP 1 and evacuated roughly 200 residents of De Leyhoeve to a nearby Van der Valk hotel; many have returned, but 16 apartments are uninhabitable due to smoke, water damage and power loss.
- Officials later clarified injuries from the Tilburg fire to two seriously hurt and two with minor injuries, largely related to smoke inhalation.
- Authorities are conducting unit-by-unit safety checks and repairs, advising residents of independent apartments to work with their contents insurers as investigations into the exact cause continue.
- A separate large fire destroyed part of the Waayenberg Coatings industrial hall in Barneveld; the hall was fully involved, workers had left the building, and heavy smoke affected the area near the A30.
- An empty building in Middelharnis burned out and triggered two NL-Alerts urging people to avoid the smoke, and in Vleuten an overnight home explosion caused a small fire with no injuries as police conduct forensic work and seek witnesses.