Major explosion in Rotterdam, damage across the street

Several windows were broken and debris was strewn across the street. Police said no one was injured.

A heavy explosion occurred shortly after 2 a.m. last night in the porch of a building on Wickenburgstraat in the Beverwaard district of South Rotterdam.

In a porch of a building on Wickenburgstraat in the Beverwaard district in Rotterdam-Zuid, there was an explosion shortly after 2:00 AM on the night of Sunday to Monday, the police reported. No one was injured, but the damage to the facade and porch is extensive.