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Man, 60, dies after being found seriously hurt on excavator

Aug 13 '18 15:30
Crime

A 60-year-old man from Nistelrode died in hospital after being found seriously hurt on an excavator in the Noord-Brabant village of Mill on Monday morning. What happened to the man is still a mystery, Omroep Brabant reports.

A passerby found the injured man on an excavator standing on Volkelseweg and called the emergency services. A trauma helicopter responded and the man was resuscitated on the scene. He was rushed to hospital by ambulance, accompanied by the trauma doctor, where he passed away.

Three Dutch suspected in fiiponil scandal

Aug 11 '17 08:23
BusinessCrime

The Public Prosecutor consider three Dutch persons suspects in the fipronil contamination scandal that resulted in millions of eggs being recalled from supermarkets. The suspects are two managers of pest control company ChickFriend and Nick H., whose company is suspected of delivering fipronil to the Barneveld company, NOS reports. ChickFriend is considered the source of the fipronil contamination in the Netherlands. 

Some 2,000 pigs killed in a barn fire on Zwalustraat in Mill, Noord-Brabant, 15 Feb 2017

Barn fire kills 2,000 pigs in Dutch village

Feb 16 '17 07:27
Nature

About 2 thousand piglets and sows were killed in a fire on a pig farm just outside the Noord-Brabant village of Mill on Wednesday night. Two barns containing the 2 thousand pigs were completely destroyed in the fire, Omroep Brabant reports.

Another barn could be rescued by the fire brigade. The pigs inside were evacuated and taken to a fourth barn. According to the Gelderlander, the farm owned a total of 600 sows and 2,200 pigs. 

The fire was under control around midnight. Multiple fire brigades responded to deal with the fire. The cause of the fire is unclear. 

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