The second victim of the chalet fire in Haaren, the 87-year-old Riet, died of her injuries on Sunday night. Earlier, the 83-year-old Ton, her husband, destroyed his injuries after the gas explosion that the chalet destroyed on Friday morning.
Both victims were seriously injured after the fire. The woman died just like her husband in the hospital. No other people were injured.
Fire
The fire was reported on Friday around a quarter to ten. The chalet is in the Noenes, that is the outskirts of Haaren. The chalet is completely destroyed.
According to a spokesperson for the Central and West Brabant Security Region, the fire was created by a gas explosion. Due to the seriousness of the situation, several fire trucks, ambulances, police cars and a trauma helicopter came to Haaren.
‘Huge dull blow’
Jan, who lives right next to the burnt -out chalet, saw it all happen. “I was in the garden, just fifteen meters from the chalet,” he said on Friday. He heard a huge dull blow, followed by a pressure wave that caused the windows of his house to vibrate: “As a result, I immediately suspected that it was a gas explosion.”
The fire broke out immediately after the explosion and the flames grabbed very fast. “Within half a minute, the flames continued in the tops of the dead trees around the chalet. It went so fast.”