Today, 08:38 • 2 minutes reading time
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KAAG – The large fire in the apartment complex on Beatrixlaan on Kaageiland has destroyed twenty homes. This is reported by the fire brigade. “The residents can no longer return to their homes,” a spokesperson for the fire service told Omroep West. ‘The Bij Benjamin restaurant, located on the ground floor, can also be considered lost.’
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Thirty residents of the apartments were removed from their homes on Sunday evening. None of them were injured. The residents have been accommodated in hotel Orion, also on the Kaageiland. ‘Respite must now be sought for these people,’ the fire brigade said.
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One of the residents can hardly believe what has happened to her in recent hours. ‘It has yet to land, that you have nothing left. Not your stuff, nothing more. That’s so terrible,” she says emotionally. ‘Little things that have no value at all to others, but they do to me. Like little things my grandmother gave me. I couldn’t take anything. I only have what I had with me, nothing else.’
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Twenty homes completely destroyed by fire on Kaageiland
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Tracking dog looking for missing man
Another resident has also lost everything. ‘I have nothing left, just my buggy. It’s pretty heavy. You have to redo your whole life. It’s intense.’
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One resident of the apartment complex is still missing. It is about an older man. “The building is so unstable that we can’t get in,” said the fire service spokesperson. That is why a special police sniffer dog is being sought for the man.
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‘An unlivable situation’
According to the spokesperson, there is every reason to think that the man is no longer alive. “With the help of friends and family, we have been able to rule out any scenario that the person is not in the building. So then only the option remains that the person is inside and there was a non-livable situation. So we fear the worst.’ The fire service hopes to be able to tell more about the results of the search later on Monday.
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The fire broke out around 9:30 p.m. yesterday and was brought under control around 2:30 a.m. The fire service said the fire was completely extinguished around noon.
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Large fire on Kaageiland in apartment complex
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