Heavy smoke in company fire in Ghent, police ask to keep windows and doors closed

Heavy smoke in company fire in Ghent, police ask to keep windows and doors closed

– © DVH – In Ghent, a serious fire broke out on Saturday morning in the packaging company Tropack along the Antwerpsesteenweg. The fire is very fierce and is therefore very difficult to fight. Due to the heavy smoke development, the police and fire brigade are asking local residents to keep windows and doors closed. … Read more

A silent silent killer: what is carbon monoxide and how can you prevent poisoning?

A silent silent killer: what is carbon monoxide and how can you prevent poisoning?

Yesterday, 20:00 • 4 minutes reading time — A carbon monoxide detector on a boiler © ANP – REGION – A fourteen-year-old boy died on Saturday after sudden carbon monoxide poisoning in a flat on the Melis Stokelaan in The Hague. Six others, including some paramedics, were taken to hospital. Every year, about five to … Read more

52 million euros worth of cocaine intercepted in container en route to Barendrecht

52 million euros worth of cocaine intercepted in container en route to Barendrecht

BARENDRECHT – During a check in the port of Rotterdam, Customs yesterday (Friday 4 June 2021) 700 kilos of cocaine intercepted. The street value of this lot is more than 52 million euros. The narcotics were hidden in a container loaded with bananas aboard a seagoing vessel. The ship had arrived in the port of … Read more

Person seriously injured by house fire in Schilderswijk in The Hague | NOW

Person seriously injured by house fire in Schilderswijk in The Hague |  NOW

During a house fire on Rozenburgstraat in Schilderswijk, The Hague, a person was seriously injured in the night from Friday to Saturday. Haaglanden safety region reported around 4:30 am that the fire was under control. The fire started in the bedroom of the house. The fire had already spread by the time the fire brigade … Read more

GGD: ‘Commercial test streets do not comply with the notification requirement’

GGD: ‘Commercial test streets do not comply with the notification requirement’

REGION – The GGD North and East Gelderland warns that the corona figures will be blurred. The organization sees that a number of commercial test streets in the region do not comply with the notification requirement. This obligation means that the doctor or laboratory involved must report any positive test result to the GGD. In … Read more