Many injuries reported in snack bar fire at senior center
Several people were wounded in a fire at a cafeteria below a senior complex on Otto C. Huismantstraat in Nijmegen this morning.
The fire started just after 06:00 a.m. in the cafeteria Ugala. The houses above the cafeteria are being evacuated. AD reports that there is a potential risk of collapse. Eyewitnesses told the newspaper that some of the people have burns, scrapes and breathing difficulties.
Evacuated residents were initially given shelter in a complex on Baladestraat, across the burning cafeteria. Ambulance transported several people to the hospital from there. A bus is waiting to take the other residents to community center De Schalmei.
https://twitter.com/TrendolizerNL/status/568659968318152704
Bewoners met hoogwerkers uit complex gehaald bij brand #Nijmegen. Evacuatie aan de gang. http://t.co/TlM9ypARHm pic.twitter.com/s1PXTLlAeb
— De Gelderlander (@dgnijmegen) February 20, 2015
Door de brand onder een seniorencomplex in #Nijmegen zijn meerdere mensen gewond geraakt: http://t.co/1hHQXfT6WD pic.twitter.com/jf5sHjzKqO
— RTL Nieuws (@RTLnieuws) February 20, 2015
#Nijmegen: brand in cafetaria OC Huismanstraat met daarboven een wooncomplex. Hulpdiensten aanwezig, brandweer druk met brandbestrijding.
— Politie Gelderland (@POL_Gelderland) February 20, 2015
