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Fire with possible explosion hazard at Kijfhoek marshalling yard

14 January 2011
Op 14 januari 2011 fire breaks out in a wagon with ethanol at the Kijfhoek shunting yard near Zwijndrecht. The fire service is struggling

Thick clouds of smoke over the region after fire at Chemie Pack in Moerdijk

5 January 2011
DORDRECHT - Thick clouds of smoke are moving over part of the region after the fire that has been raging at the Chemie Pack company since this afternoon..

Frontal impact freight trains at Barend Really

24 September 2009
Op 24 september 2009 collide two freight trains on one another in Barendrecht. One of the drivers is killed. A retrospective of @dagvantoen.

Explosion at annual Christmas tree burning Vlaardingen

1 January 2008
VLAARDINGEN - When an explosion hundreds of diamonds fell during the annual Christmas tree burning on Broekweg in Vlaardingen. By the...

Rotterdam has escaped a disaster’ na CMI-brand

28 February 1996
Op 28 februari 1996 broke out a big fire at a storage company CMI in Rotterdam West. Red-brown smoke, filled with hazardous substances, blown to the south of Rotterdam.

Ancient mill Schiedam The Walvisch burnt

14 February 1996
In the center of Schiedam goes on 14 februari 1996 one of the most striking windmills in the city, The Walvisch, into flames.

Gorinchem and Boven-Hardinxveld ghostly empty after a mandatory evacuation

31 January 1995
Gorinchem and change Boven-Hardinxveld in ghost towns, by the end of January evaucatie 1995. Because of the high water level everyone had their house. After more than a week could anyone come back.

High water also leads to evacuation Gorinchem-Oost and Dalem

30 January 1995
30-01-1995: IJssels mayor of Gorinchem announced that Dalem Gorinchem and East must be evacuated because of high water levels. Living in the area around 9.500 mensen.

Thousands poison bags washed up on Dutch beaches

19 January 1994
KATWIJK - Thousands of bags containing the toxic Apron Plus have washed up on the beach of the North Sea. Not only at Noordwijk and Katwijk, but...

Six killed in explosion at DSM in the Botlek

13 December 1991
ROTTERDAM - have at least six people were killed In an explosion at DSM in Rotterdam Botlek. One of the four wounded there ...
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