Car hitting a lamp | A gas leak in the refrigerator on a cruise ship

A car crashed into a lamppost in Schiedam on Monday night. The accident happened around 7:30 pm on Van Deventerstraat. Judging from the pictures, it was a hard hit: not only was the car damaged, but there was not much left of the pole.

The motorist was checked by ambulance staff, but did not need to go to hospital. His car is towed. The city will provide a new lamp post. It is not clear how things could go so wrong.

Emergency services responded late Monday afternoon to a gas leak on a cruise ship in Kinderdijk. It involved a refrigerator that was leaking ammonia, a fire brigade spokesman said. The fire brigade quickly brought out the refrigerator and cooled the room.

No one was hurt. All passengers were also able to stay on board, but were temporarily moved to the other side of the ship. Measurements were made and then the fire brigade could leave.

A scooter and a car collided on Monday afternoon around 12:40 pm on the Nieuwe Langeweg in Hoogvliet Rotterdam. The scooter rider fell and was checked by ambulance staff. He was taken to the hospital. The woman in the car was not injured.

The accident happened when the car went away from an exit. At that time a boy was riding his scooter on the pavement. He hit the car and fell with his scooter.

A woman was injured in Alblasserdam on Monday morning after falling from a horse. That happened in a horse field on the Blokweerschekade.

According to the 112 caller, she landed on a tree stump with her neck and back. A trauma helicopter was called in to administer first aid. The woman was conscious when she was taken to hospital.

Last weekend, the police in Breda arrested a 21-year-old man from Brandwijk for threatening a municipal enforcer. The suspect was part of a group behaving in an unpleasant manner and law enforcement officers discussed this with them.

The group made discriminatory comments and the 21-year-old from Brandwijk threatened a rapist. The police were then called. He managed to arrest the man after a while.

During an investigation of an industrial estate in Vierpolders in the town of Voorne aan Zee, the police found a warehouse full of illegal boats. Counterfeit Apple products were also in the building.

All goods were seized and destroyed. The investigation into the discovery is still ongoing. As far as we know, no arrests have been made.

A dog died in a fire at a campsite in Rockanje on Monday morning. The animal is said to have been in a mobile home that was completely burned. A second mobile home was heavily damaged.

The caravan was located on a camping site on the Schapengorsedijk and people lived there permanently. A woman and two children were checked by ambulance staff.

A fire broke out late Sunday night at demolished houses on the Van Gochstraat in Gorinchem. A fence at the back of one of the houses was on fire.

The flames spread to the shed, but the fire brigade soon brought it under control. According to our 112 contacts, there may be arson at the demolished houses.

There was an explosion in Tiendplein in the center of Rotterdam on the night from Sunday to Monday. Around 1:30 a.m. a bang was heard at a food business.

One of the windows at the lunch shop was badly damaged. The police have found traces. As far as we know, no one has been arrested yet.

In Ridderkerk, the fire brigade responded around midnight to a fire in a garage on Glasblazerstraat. The fire started in the office area. Police suspect arson.

According to the 112 contact, the fire was discovered by a passenger who immediately called the emergency services. The caller saw black smoke and fire on the ground floor.

The fire brigade was in Barendrecht on the Achterzeedijk late Sunday afternoon for a fire at a marine company. It was a relatively small fire, but surprisingly the company is located on a closed industrial estate.

The police suspect arson. The investigation is still ongoing.