According to a spokesperson for the Kennemerland Safety Region, the fire started in an empty apartment on the fourth floor of a flat on Fokkerlaan.
How the fire started is still under investigation.
Rapid evacuation of residents
Because many elderly residents lived close to the fire, action was quickly scaled up to get them to safety as quickly as possible.
All residents have now been removed from the building.
Residents received unharmed
The residents were unharmed and are being cared for outside the apartment.
