“Everything we have built in thirty years has burned down in twelve hours,” says Justin van Hooijdonk. According to him, it will be a ‘challenging race’ to be operational again in a year. “We have lost a lot of irreplaceable materials,” he told RTV Utrecht. “But I’m always positive. If anyone can make it happen, it’s us. We keep going.”
Nieuwegein congress center closed for at least a year after fire: ‘What we have built up in 30 years has burned down in 12 hours’
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