THE HAGUE: A three-storey apartment block in The Hague partially collapsed on Saturday (Dec 7) after a fire and explosion, firefighters said, with first responders searching for people under the rubble.
THE HAGUE: A three-storey apartment block in The Hague partially collapsed on Saturday after a fire and explosion, firefighters said, with first responders searching for people under the rubble.
An AFP reporter on the scene saw dozens of fire trucks as firefighters battled the blaze from the ground and from higher positions. Police helicopters circled overhead.Huge plumes of smoke were billowing from a large hole where the building stood, with an acrid smell in the air. Forensic investigators arrived on the scene to begin to probe a potential cause for the accident, an AFP reporter said.
A dog looks through a broken window at the site of an explosion which destroyed several apartments and injured multiple people, at The Hague, Dec 7, 2024. "It was like an earthquake," said a 53-year-old man who identified himself as Dimi, declining to give his family name.
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