The new year’s eve is in many places in the Netherlands celebrated. Yet, there were also this year a large number of cases of arson, vuurwerkongevallen and celebrants who did not know how to behave. The old and the New 2017 in a nutshell.
1 as a Result of violence
In various cities and regions were relief workers during the new year to deal with aggression from bystanders. In Amsterdam, Utrecht, Den Haag, Amersfoort and Leiden were firefighters and police officers pelted with fireworks. In the Hague, Schilderswijk became a police officer seriously injured in a collision. The agent had to be resuscitated, but at that moment threw bystanders with bottles, stones and fireworks. The ME had to come onsite to act against the rioters. About the condition of the police officer, nothing is yet known.
2 Smog
The fireworks in the new year’s eve a big lot of smog caused. In some places, especially in the cities, was a concentration of particulate matter measured from more than 1000 micrograms. Reports that the national Institute for public Health and the Environment (RIVM) Sunday. Above the 200 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter of the air quality if very poor.
3 Alarms
The emergency services have almost twice as much time alarms sent via the P2000 network, like a year ago. Between new year’s eve 20: 00 and nieuwjaarsochtend 02.00 pm sent the emergency services 1.736 times a call out, nearly 90 percent more than the number in the same period a year earlier. That is according to figures from the website Alarmeringen.nl. Via the P2000 network are police, fire and ambulance called to the incident. The traffic on that digital network is live on Alarmeringen.nl.
4 Unrest in Amersfoort
With riots in Amersfoort are nearly fifty young people held. Already before midnight, the police called because a car was set on fire. Then it became more and more restless and there were brawls and vandalism. Police were fired at with lawinepijlen. One agent was wounded in the face by a firework and had to for treatment to the hospital.
5 Miljoenenprijs
The grand prize of the oudejaarstrekking of the state Lottery is cases in the province of Zeeland and Gelderland. The price of 30 million euros fell on two half lottery tickets, so two winners in the two provinces during the turn of the year multi-millionaire have become. They each receive 15 million euro tax-free.
6 Fewer complaints
The hotline vuurwerkoverlast has around the turn of the year, almost 50 percent fewer notifications received about vuurwerkoverlast. the lowest number in five years. According to initiator of the hotline Arno Bonte were 45,000 messages within. Last year, this number was at 89.000. “The number of complaints relating to early chipped fireworks and stressed pets is significantly reduced,” says Motley at news agency ANP. “The social discussion about vuurwerkoverlast to more awareness led to a shift of the social norm. People now are more aware of each other".
7 Vuurwerkvegen
Thousands of Dutch marched Sunday armed with brooms the streets on to the vuurwerkresten last night to clean up. The volunteers participated in the action Nieuwjaarsvegen of the Stichting Nederland Schoon. It is the third time that the organization of this action.
8 Damage
Insurance company Achmea expects that this year 10 to 15 million euros of damage has been done. Last year, private for 13 million euros, fire and vuurwerkschade on their houses and cars. “It is not normal that we have this kind of damage within a few hours of havoc,” said a spokesman.
9 Autobranden
At different places in the country burned cars: motorists in Utrecht, the Netherlands), Peat, Lead, Flushing, Almelo, Veenendaal, and Hoogezand saw their cars going up in flames.
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