Mayor Anno Wietze Hiemstra of the municipality of Aa en Hunze visibly secures a catering building on Stationsstraat in Gieten. The reason for this is the two fires that raged in the building last weekend. In both cases, the police assume arson.
Security includes camera surveillance and is used preventively to increase safety in the area and to help prevent new incidents. The measure is temporary and is regularly evaluated.
In the night from Friday to Saturday there was a fire in an ice cream parlor, last night it struck a pizzeria. “With the temporary measures we want to protect both entrepreneurs and the environment and help prevent further incidents,” said the mayor.