Overview
- Parts of the cordoned area reopened Friday, including Mariaplaats and nearby streets, while Visscherssteeg and other heavily damaged locations remain closed for structural assessments.
- Residents can retrieve vehicles from the Springweg parking garage during set hours without charge, and escorted visits allow collection of documents, medications and pets.
- Officials cite a gas leak as the working hypothesis pending technical confirmation; the mayor says a criminal cause seems unlikely, and grid operator Stedin reported no works in the immediate area.
- Several people were lightly injured with no fatalities or missing persons reported, yet some buildings are too unstable to enter and hotel accommodation continues for those unable to return home.
- Stichting Salvage and repair crews such as Qbuild are boarding up shattered windows and performing first-response fixes after more than 150 damage reports across surrounding streets.