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"Hopefully all Alphen Aren home soon '
04-08-2015 17:35
It involves residents on the side of the Rhine where the taps were on top. Some of the house is destroyed, others had to leave their homes as a precaution. How many people exactly, is not known, according to a spokesman for the fire department. He said that a handful of people in a hotel slept, the rest could go to family.
The residents of about fourteen houses in Alphen aan den Rijn tonight not have to sleep in their own bed, says the fire department. They were evacuated after the accident yesterday with two cranes. The riot police were deployed to guard their homes.
It involves residents on the side of the Rhine where the taps were on top. Some of the house is destroyed, others had to leave their homes as a precaution. How many people exactly, is not known, according to a spokesman for the fire department. He said that a handful of people in a hotel slept, the rest could go to family.
"We are happy last night a lot of people can get back to their home," said Mayor Liesbeth Spies. They hope that the other residents soon may return home.
Tidy
The municipality wants to quickly start cleaning up the devastation. Mayor Spies does not address the cause of the accident. "We are primarily working hard to reduce the misery caused the accident to a minimum." She is glad that there were no casualties.
The man who yesterday was extracted from under debris and had hip complaints, the complaints appeared to have been longer, Spies told Omroep West.
Yesterday the Public Prosecutor started a criminal investigation into the accident. "The Safety Board was present," says Spies. "The question about the how, what and why is in good hands with these institutions. I'm not going to participate in speculation as to how this could have happened. ''
Catch up
At 9.30 is a team of firefighters, police, other emergency services and the Public together to talk to mayor Spies on the situation in Alphen.
The fire is believed that there are no people under the rubble. "We start making a plan for how to get the taps off," said the spokesman. "After that is the job of the fire on it." According to him, another company taps away and it is the municipality that coordinates it.
The residents received a letter from the council with information about the accident.
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