The municipality of Tilburg will arrange shelter for residents of the Leyhoeve residential care center in Tilburg who cannot go home on Saturday evening. After the major fire, it is still unclear who will be able to return home and when.
Residents have been welcomed all evening in the nearby Van der Valk Hotel. A number of them have now been picked up by family or friends and can stay there temporarily. A fire broke out in the De Leyhoeve residential care center on Saturday evening. All the news about the fire in De Leyhoeve in Tilburg can be followed in our live blog.
The municipality organizes appropriate shelter for residents who cannot return to their own home and do not have alternative accommodation. It is still unclear where exactly that shelter is.
De Leyhoeve looks for a suitable place for residents with a medical indication. This must be a place where residents can receive their care properly.
Three people were seriously injured and one slightly injured in the fire. About two hundred people were evacuated. The fire started in a meter cupboard on the second floor. The fire was under control around seven o’clock.
Here you can read all the stories about the fire in the De Leyhoeve residential care center in Tilburg.