Up to 20 trapped in rubble after The Hague apartment building fire & explosion

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Up to 20 trapped in rubble after The Hague apartment building fire & explosion

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Emergency services are responding to a devastating explosion early Saturday morning that partially destroyed a three-story apartment building on Tarwekamp in The Hague. A specialized Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team has been deployed to the site, consisting of four canine handlers and a structural engineer. This unit is trained to locate and extricate individuals trapped under collapsed buildings. Up to 20 people could be trapped underneath the rubble, according to a spokesperson from the regional safety authority.

Emergency services are responding to a devastating explosion early Saturday morning that partially destroyed a three-story apartment building on Tarwekamp in The Hague. A specialized Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team has been deployed to the site (…) Up to 20 people could be trapped underneath the rubble, according to a spokesperson from the regional safety authority.

Authorities have yet to determine the cause of the explosion.

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Instead of just knifing our neighbours’ tires or smashing an ex’s window, we have progressed to using home made pipe bombs from easily acquirable illegal fireworks

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