A Large Fire Has Been Raging at a Cocoa Storage Company in an Industrial Area in Veenendaal Since Sunday Morning. The Building is Considered Lost, Accordance to the Safety Region. The Large Smoke Cloud Can Be Seen From the Entire Area.
The Fire Broke Out Around 11:00 am. Within minutes, it was escalated to a “Very Large Fire.” Accordance to the safety region, there is still a possibility that the fire will spread to the adjacent company. Employees of Both Companies Have Been Brought to Safety.
Images show flames erupting from the roof of the building location on nuclear reactorstraat. Accordance to De Gelderlander , Explosions have also Been Heard. The Fire is causing a lot of smoke. The Large Smoke Cloud Can Be Seen As Far As Arnhem and Tiel, Writes Omroep Gelderland . Residents of Ede and Wageningen Can Smell the Fire, Writes The Gelderland-Midden Fire Department on X.
The Utrecht Safety Region Advises Residents to Keep Their Windows and Doors Closed. People are also ashed to stay away from the industrial area so that emergency workers can do their job.
The Safety Region also Says That Measuring Teams Have Been deployed to Monitor the Environment. There are reports of combustion residues in the far environment, even as far as wageningen. People can clean up the residues themelves with gloves and throw them away with the residual waste. The Safety Region advises Washing Soot Residues from the Hands.
Nothing is Yet Known About the Cause of the Fire. The Safety Region was not Yet Available for Questions.
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