10,000 bales of hemp go up in smoke in Oude Pekela fire - DutchNews.nl

The fire started just before 9 p.m. and spread quickly.

10,000 bales of hemp go up in smoke in Oude Pekela fire - DutchNews.nl

10,000 bales of hemp go up in smoke in Oude Pekela fire

A building belonging to a company that processes hemp in Oude Pekela has been on fire since Monday evening. The fire started shortly before 9 p.m. in the Groningen town. The fire department expects to be busy extinguishing the fire all day on Tuesday. According to a spokesperson for the fire department, the company's sheds in Schoolstraat are full of straw bales. No one was injured, according to the spokesperson. "Everyone is safe outside."

A fire broke out on Hendrik Westerstraat in Oude Pekela shortly before 21:00 on Monday evening. This happened at the company Hempflax, manufacturer of fibre hemp, along the Pekelder Hoofddiep. Due to the fire, an adjacent apartment block was evacuated. The residents were taken in at the town hall.