Skip to main content
Netherlands News in English

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
An ambulance in the Netherlands
An ambulance in the Netherlands - Credit: cakifoto / DepositPhotos - License: DepositPhotos
1-1-2
house explosion
explosion
Amsterdam
de Pijp
residents killed
Lelystad
possible explosion
Saturday, 10 June 2023 - 10:50

Share this article:

Residents killed by explosion at house in Amsterdam; Explosion in Lelystad

Residents of a porch house on Govert Flinckstraat in the Amsterdam district of De Pijp were killed by an explosion at the front door on Friday night, news channel AT5 reported.

Portiek in de Pijp in brand na explosie https://t.co/2giAeFp5jY

— AT5 (@AT5) June 10, 2023

The explosion took place around 2:20 a.m. on Saturday. As a result of the explosion, the front door of the porch house was damaged. According to the news channel, the fire department and several police units arrived at the scene. No one has been arrested yet.

Furthermore, a "possible explosion" occurred in a house on Galjoen in Lelystad on Friday night, police reported. No one was injured.

The incident occurred around 4:45 a.m. on Saturday. The police are investigating.

Reporting by ANP and NL Times

More like this

Image
Police officers
Late-night explosion damages home in Geleen
Image
Firefighters at the scene
Explosion in Amsterdam-West injures four, residents forced to jump from burning building
Image
Police talk to residents as firefighters respond to an explosion and fire on Ombilinstraat in Amsterdam. 20 June 2026
Amsterdam-Oost neighborhood rocked by loud explosion Saturday afternoon
Image
A USAR search team member working with a dog at the scene of an explosion on Osdorper Ban in Amsterdam. 12 June 2026
Amsterdam landlord: full repairs after Osdorp explosion to take weeks to months
Make NL Times your top Google source

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Heatwave: Defqon.1, TT Assen ready for 38°C days; More events cancelled
  • Hundreds of thousands of Dutch use Ozempic to lose weight; Third without prescription
  • Controversial FVD-affiliated school reopens with state funding confirmed
  • Record variable electricity prices forecast for Wednesday evening in Netherlands
  • Netherlands under code orange as record heat intensity levels recorded in Eindhoven

Top stories

  • Six arrested in electoral fraud investigation; Allegations of forgery, voter coercion
  • Hottest night on Dutch records expected tomorrow; Code Orange takes effect at noon
  • 270 children abducted to or from the Netherlands last year; Increase of over 25%
  • Public transport strike from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m.: No trains, buses, trams, metros running
  • Life sentence sought for Dutch-Rwandan man over massacre of 3,000 Tutsi in 1994 genocide

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

Footer menu

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