Van Amerongen says that he will still be selling fireworks at Nijendal next year, which is largely family owned. If an Aldi, Dirk or Lidl eventually comes to the site and the fireworks storage disappears, the company will continue at another location. Van Amerongen still owns a location in the rural area of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug where fireworks may be stored according to the zoning plan. To avoid causing unrest, he does not want to reveal the exact location. “There are certainly fewer people living here than here.”
Year after the fire, fireworks are sold in Driebergen again: ‘Otherwise people would get them from abroad’
