Major fire breaks out in warehouse near Schiphol
The fire brigade has scaled up to a very large fire in Aalsmeer; the impact on Schiphol remains unknown.
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A fire broke out at around 13:00 on Monday in a warehouse on the Aalsmeerderweg in Aalsmeer. The fire brigade scaled up the response to a very large fire and deployed additional equipment.
The call came in at around 13:00 on Monday, 112Nederland reports. According to that source, an agricultural building is on fire. Several fire engines rushed to the scene.
Nothing is yet known about the scale of the fire or the damage. There is also no information about the cause. At around 13:32, the fire brigade was still working to bring the fire under control.
The fire is located near Schiphol. It is therefore not yet clear whether the smoke or the deployment of emergency services will affect air traffic. No confirmation was available in the initial reports.
The available reports do not say whether there were people in the building when the fire broke out. It has also not yet been reported whether anyone was injured. For local residents and road users, the advice for now is to avoid the fire scene and give emergency services room to operate.
A second source, Transport Online, also reports a very large fire in a warehouse in Aalsmeer, but provides no additional details in the available publication. Once the regional safety authority or fire brigade provides more information, details about the cause, damage and any consequences for the surrounding area can be added.
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The article’s central claim is confirmed by a current source. Important details have deliberately not been filled in because they have not yet been made public.
- confirmed A fire broke out at around 13:00 on 12 October in a building on the Aalsmeerderweg in Aalsmeer. — Mentioned in the current report by 112Nederland. source
- confirmed The fire brigade scaled up the response to a very large fire. — Mentioned in the same report. source
- confirmed The consequences for air traffic are still unknown. — The source reports that nothing is yet known about this. source
Editor's note
The fire and the escalation have been confirmed by a current public source. Independent details about damage, injuries, the cause and consequences for Schiphol are not yet available.Sources
- Zeer grote brand uitgebroken in agrarisch pand, veel brandweer onderweg — 112Nederland
- Zeer grote brand in loods in Aalsmeer — Transport Online
More on this in Dutch media
- NRC — „brand aalsmeer”
- NU.nl — „brand aalsmeer”
- De Telegraaf — „brand aalsmeer”