Live blog old and new: Mayor furious about many car fires, ‘owners in tears’

Several homes were briefly evacuated after the Veenendaal apartment fire

Once again many cars were set on fire during New Year’s Eve. Exact numbers are still lacking. There were car fires in Utrecht, Maarssen and Leerdam, among others. A car fire spread to a house at the Torenvalk in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. In Utrecht there was a fire in an above-ground paper container, which also affected the garage of a house on Wim Sonneveldlaan.

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