20-02-15 10:13 pm – Source: Reuters
Fire in the senior apartment in Nijmegen. © anp
All fifty apartments of a seniors complex above a snack bar in Nijmegen, where morning fire broke out, should be cleared. Residents can in any case spend the night not in their own home
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There are five seriously injured after the roof of seniors apartment partially collapsed. Four people were slightly injured and thirty people have inhaled smoke. Which police say. The city of Nijmegen provides care for people who can not rely on their family or friends. That said Mayor Hubert Bruls Nijmegen during a press conference.
The apartments in the flat at the Otto C. Huismanstraat have a lot of soot and smoke damage. The fire today examines the apartments. The snack bar Ugala is completely burnt out. The cause of the fire is not yet known.
Forty evacuees were accommodated in the neighboring community center The Schalmei, where they are cared for by caregivers. Most were dressed in pajamas and bathrobes. In the course of the day looks where they can get the next night.
This morning, the fire started around 06:00. The fire was 120 men busy to safety of the occupants and extinguish it. The fire was under control around 9:00 pm, but the fire still expect to need the whole day with damp down.
The fire started in Ugala snack bar, then hit the back of the property and reached through the rear roof. This collapsed part of the roof, said the fire
(Edited by: Editorial)
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