In an explosion in a nursing home in Hoogeveen Tuesday morning several injured. A male occupant was seriously injured. He burns at the Martini Hospital in Groningen brought. After the explosion, a major fire raged, which is now under control.
The property is huge damage. Almost the entire facade was blown away by the blast. Almost certainly it comes to gas explosion in one of the eight apartments. The seriously injured victim was living in that apartment, said a spokesman for the fire department. According to him, it is noteworthy that in the blast "but" a wounded has fallen.
In the vicinity of the explosion several windows cracked. The remaining residents are collected in a church and with relatives.
Ravage
,, It's a big havoc, "said a reporter of RTV Drenthe. ,, The walls are washed away on the outside. I see hanging loose boiler and there are brick far into the street."
Only four residents were home at the time of the explosion. ,, The fact that the other three were unscathed come, a miracle, '' said a fire brigade spokesman. According to the fire department building is provisional and perhaps even permanently uninhabitable. Because of collapse no one in the building.
Mayor Charles Loohuis came to take pole height is' broken startled. ,, Steel beams that are simply snapped. '' He praises the three employees of the center to the building during the brief but intense fire have cleared quickly.
'Bombardment'
Employees of the gas and electricity connections are closed Tuesday and is building authorities assess the damage, said fire department spokesman.
According to many local residents, it seems like there has been a bombardment. ,, I was at home and was startled by a loud bang. All the windows were shaking, '' said a local resident.
Ami Ina
It's about living facility Ama Ina with eight apartments on the Pottingastraat in the Moluccan district of Hoogeveen. In the center housing multiple mental disabilities.
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