Former fire chief Marcel Dokter and his team were the first to attend. He is called in the middle of the night. “There was a call about flooding in Margrietstraat, with ‘prio 2’. That means: you have to come to the barracks, but take it easy. So I arrive at the parking lot, get out and was up to my ankles in the fast-flowing water. Then I was completely shocked.”
Firefighter Marcel was not prepared for Wilnis dike breach: ‘I was like putting out fires’
