Overview
- In Rotterdam-Schiebroek, a ground-floor flat on Hamakerstraat caught fire around 13:00, sending heavy smoke through the building.
- Nine homes there were evacuated, with residents received at a care facility across the street.
- Photos showed severe damage to the Rotterdam unit, including a blackened façade, and one resident was assessed by ambulance staff.
- In Assen, flames burst from a second-floor apartment on Mercuriusplein as the building was cleared and residents were taken to Theater De Nieuwe Kolk.
- Authorities later reported the Assen fire was extinguished, multiple homes were deemed uninhabitable, one person was hospitalized for smoke inhalation, and the causes of both fires were not yet known.