Major fire hits four homes, residents evacuated

Jan was working in the shed when a roofer shouted: "Water, water!" "I immediately grabbed my garden hose, but once it was rolled out, the fire was already out," says Jan. "The roofer tried to limit the damage. You can't do that with just a garden hose. These houses are 100 years old and completely dry." The police ordered the roofer to get off the roof. "On the one hand I can understand it, but on the other hand he was inhaling heavily toxic smo…

TILBURG - A major fire in a house on Wagenaarstraat caused considerable damage on Tuesday morning around 09:50. The fire raged on the top floor and quickly broke through the roof, after which it was scaled up to a 'major fire'. Emergency services were quickly on the scene. At least one house...

Four houses on Wagenaarstraat in Tilburg were damaged by a large fire on Tuesday morning. Work was being done on the roof of one of the houses when the fire broke out. The fire spread from the top floor of that house to three other houses in the same block. Some of the houses were not damaged by the fire, but by the smoke that was released during the fire. The houses were evacuated and all residents got outside safely. At ten past half past ten,…