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Monday, 24 August 2015 - 11:31
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Psychiatric patient missing after fire at mental health institution

The police are looking for a 29 year old patient of the Jan Wierhof mental health institution in Tilburg. The man wandered off during a fire at the institution on Monday morning. The police warn that he may be verbally aggressive and should not be approached. The missing psychiatric patient is a white man with a beard. He was barefoot and wearing a blue checkered shirt when he disappeared. His description has been spread through Burgernet. Anyone who spots the man should call the police immediately and should not approach the man themselves.

Tilburg - Vermissing Tilburg, man, blank, 29 jr., blauw geruite blouse, op blote voeten, en baard. Bij aantreffen c...http://t.co/toNUHGnc5B

— Burgernet Nederland (@BurgernetNL) August 24, 2015
The fire started around 8:30 a.m. on Monday in one of the patients' rooms. All 16 rooms of the building had to be evacuated because of the smoke. The 27 year old occupant of the room in question has been arrested, along with his 30 year old girlfriend, on suspicion of vandalism and arson. According to the police, the two smashed a window with a chair, set the fire, and then fled through the broken window. They were arrested a short time later in the area. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire very quickly. Two of the institution's employees were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene.

Brand bij GGz in Tilburg is geblust, maar er is nog een client kwijt. Blanke man, blote voeten, baard, blauwe blouse pic.twitter.com/5RVkVRUu4p

— Birgit Verhoeven (@BirgitVerhoeven) August 24, 2015

Nu in Tilburg, op Jan Wierhof, waar heel even een grip 1 was afgegeven, vanwege een brandstichting in een kamer pic.twitter.com/f0Fyvbpa3a

— Willem van Hooijdonk (@WillemHooijdonk) August 24, 2015

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