Houses evacuated in Rotterdam due to fire

A large fire is raging in a residential building on Noordereiland in the centre of Rotterdam. No one was inside when the fire broke out. According to the fire department, the pre-war building is now on the verge of collapse, meaning that it can only be extinguished from the outside. The building dates from 1896 and has six homes. They have been evacuated, says a spokesperson for the safety region. "You can consider the building lost." At the mom…

A large fire raged on the Noordereiland in Rotterdam. Emergency services responded en masse. The adjacent apartment block was evacuated, but no one was present in the house itself.