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Utrecht Reopens City-Centre Area After Explosions as Visscherssteeg Stays Closed

Authorities continue the cause investigation alongside recovery efforts for residents and businesses.

Overview

  • Municipal officials reopened streets around Visscherssteeg, which remains cordoned off under overnight police and security supervision.
  • The probe into Thursday’s multiple explosions and resulting house fire is ongoing, with crews working to restore water, gas and electricity and Stichting Salvage guiding access.
  • Structural assessments mean some premises on Springweg cannot safely be reoccupied, and business returns may take time.
  • Most vehicles have been collected from the Springweg parking garage; the facility is now closed with about ten cars still inside, and three cats are reported missing.
  • Elsewhere, police confirmed the body found in a burned Tilburg apartment was the resident, and a caustic leak at Avebe in Foxhol was secured with no environmental danger or injuries, as regional liveblogs logged numerous separate incidents.