A big fire raged in the Kennemerduinen tonight Santpoort-North. The report of the fire came in to the fire brigade around a quarter to eight, after which it was quickly scaled up to ‘very large fire’. Just before eleven o’clock tonight, the fire brigade gave the signal fire master.
Dune fire in Santpoort – NH Nieuws
There is still a lot of fire brigade in the area. The extinguishing will take hours. “No one was injured in the fire,” a spokesperson for the Kennemerland security region told NH Nieuws.
According to the spokesperson for the security region on location, the fire would have damaged about a hundred square meters in the dune. The IJmuiden fire brigade speaks of a much larger area, about 10,000 square meters. In daylight it will become apparent how extensive the damage in the dune actually is.
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The fire brigade had come out with many vehicles from several brigades to fight the fire. “Getting fire extinguishing water into the dune area is always a challenge,” emphasizes the spokesperson. The fire brigade has built a water transport system in the dunes. She also used a fire hose about 1500 meters long.
NL-Alert
The police asked everyone to leave the dune area. Some access roads to the area are closed. Because it is difficult to close all access roads, and to ensure that everyone in the area leaves the area, an NL-Alert has been sent.
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