A very large fire raged in a commercial building on the Strijkviertel industrial estate in the Utrecht district of De Meern on Friday. The safety region has scaled up to GRIP1 in connection with the fire. Residents were advised to close their windows and doors. Around 11:00 the fire brigade announced that the fire was under control.
The fire department received the first reports around 6:00 AM, but it was quickly scaled up to a ‘very large fire’. The fire department is on site with a lot of equipment to fight the fire. The fire broke out in a business complex, so according to the Utrecht Safety Region (VRU) it is not yet entirely clear which companies have been affected.
According to the VRU, the building was ‘completely on fire’. The fire released a lot of smoke, which went towards the Veldhuizen district. Residents were advised to keep windows and doors closed.
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GRIP1 came into effect during the morning. This is done in complex incidents where various emergency services need to respond quickly and coordination between emergency services is required.
On August 26, there was also a fire on the industrial estate, with a building going up in flames.
