Fire in Dutch Detention Centre

It has been repoted by the Dutch press that a 32-year-old man in a detention centre for illegal immigrants set fire to his cell. The detention centre was fitted with sprinklers and two sprinkler operated and extinguished the fire. 44 prisoners and staff were evacuated and 16 people were treated at the scene for the effects of minor smoke inhalation. Nobody was seriously injured and the damage was limited.

Fire in Dutch Supermarket

In the Netherlands a report that a fire in a supermarket in Dordrecht on 1st January could have been much worse but for the sprinkler installed in the fireworks store, which prevented the fireworks from exploding the rest of the supermarket (which was unsrinklered) was badly damaged.