A large fire tore through a housing compound in the central Hague overnight, damaging several homes and prompting a mass evacuation, the city authority said Thursday.
Mayor Jan van Zanen, who arrived at the scene in the Schilderswijk neighborhood, said that a fire breaking out in the middle of a residential area was “frightening.”
“Many people who have left their homes feel insecure and are in shock. Firefighters are doing everything they can to get the fire under control as quickly as possible”, he said.
The city administration said the cause of the fire was not known. The blaze spread to the El Fath mosque. A chief cleric told the press that a thousand Korans had been destroyed by the fire.
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Draadje brand in Den Haag. Hoewel dit een calamiteit/incident opzichzelf is, zijn de gevolgen enorm.
Al jaren zijn er klachten van bewoners over slechte isolatie van de panden en slechte inpandige luchtkwaliteit. Tevens fungeert de buurt als drukke route richting centrum. /1 pic.twitter.com/hohhfx1Sd8— Nur Icar (@IcarNur) May 20, 2021
Door de verwoestende brand aan de #Wouwermanstraat in #DenHaag zijn volgens de brandweer zo’n veertig woningen onbewoonbaar. De circa vijftig bewoners worden elders opgevangen. Door de brand tijden tramlijnen 9, 11 en 12 om. pic.twitter.com/uKJKo2FI9y
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