Skip to main content
Netherlands News in English

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
800px-Brandweer_Hoofddorp_Unit_344_2011_foto2-800x575
- Credit: Photo: Wikimedia Commons/AlfvanBeem
Crime
arson
fire
firefighters
kids
playground
police
Uden
wooden playground
Monday, 16 May 2016 - 15:00

Share this article:

Kids burn down wooden playground

A 7-year-old boy and his three friends were responsible for a fire that burned down a wooden playground in Uden on Sunday afternoon. The playground's rubber surface burning caused a lot of smoke, but no one was injured. The boy's father went to the police after the fire and told them that the kids were playing with matches under the playground equipment. According to the police, the municipality and those involved are discussing the damages.

Speeltoestel Germenzeel brandt af door kinderen die 'fikkie stoken' - #Uden https://t.co/Yj4RPmMBou pic.twitter.com/LRnADdhvhr

— Léon (@DeMooiUdenKrant) May 16, 2016

Speeltuin in lichterlaaie na 'fikkie stoken' 7-jarige en vriendjes in Germenzeel Uden https://t.co/1uUUkSBG6h pic.twitter.com/Is3w21JmL6

— Brabants Dagblad (@brabantsdagblad) May 16, 2016

More like this

Image
Firetruck
Video: Arson suspected after fire destroys Wijdenes restaurant; Racist text on walls
Image
Synagogue on A.B.N. Davidsplein in Rotterdam
Arson at Rotterdem synagogue; Police investigating
Image
Firefighters battle large flames at a burning building.
Video: “Suspicious” fire destroys popular family recreation spot near Rotterdam
Image
Police officer cordoning off a crime scene
Arson behind Roermond house fire that killed mother & son, 16; Second boy hospitalized
Make NL Times your top Google source

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Dutch milk and juice bottle deposit plan triggers hygiene concerns
  • Another Dutch gynecologist caught using own sperm in IVF treatments
  • Gulpener, one of Netherlands' last independent major brewers, acquired by Grolsch
  • Dutch activists on Gaza Flotilla file sexual violence charges against Israeli soldiers
  • Reports of sexual violence in the Netherlands rise 21% for third consecutive year

Top stories

  • Dutch housing market cools off: Fewer mortgage applications, higher  interest rates
  • Unaccompanied child asylum seekers relatively often suspected of crimes
  • Over 100 Dutch girls, young women forced into prostitution in Belgium, Germany
  • Dutch inflation rate falls back below 3 percent as energy price spike flattens
  • PFAS detected in all Dutch breast milk samples, but levels decline from 2014

© 2012-2026, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Change Privacy Settings
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Partner Content