No damage is not the reality for the business premises where the fire raged. The laundry, where the fire started, and the hardware store, where the fire spread, were both completely destroyed. Just like the workshop of the adjacent Volvo garage and a fourth company. In addition to extinguishing the flames, the fire brigade’s focus was to save a white building with an orange roof next to the seat of the fire: a building where fireworks are sold and also stored. If the fire spread to that building, it would make the problems even worse. A few hours after the evacuation, around 8:30 am, the redeeming news came that it had been possible to prevent this.
Four companies destroyed by Driebergen fire: ‘We received an app at half past five that something was wrong’
