Restaurant Het Wapen van Kaatsheuvel was largely flooded on Sunday afternoon. Near the restaurant on Van Haestrechtstraat, part of the EuroParcs holiday park, a pumping station came to a standstill. As a result, sewage water came up through the toilets.
The fire brigade has now rolled up the hoses again because all the water has left the building. But the sewage water rose to a height of about fifty centimeters in one of the dining rooms and in the toilets. The building also has an indoor playground, where the water was one meter high at one point.
The first report of water from the toilets was received by the emergency services at ten o’clock. A little later, sewage water also entered the restaurant.
Christmas dinner continues
There was supposed to be a Christmas lunch in the restaurant this afternoon, but these guests had to move to the Steakhouse, another of Het Wapen’s restaurants. Tonight at five o’clock they will have guests for dinner again, initially there was the fear that the Christmas dinner would not go ahead.
The expectation is now that these people will be able to go to the restaurant. The staff is busy cleaning everything and setting all the tables. A cleaning crew is also hard at work.
The extent of the damage is not known. The owner and staff initially focused on cleaning the restaurant to ensure that the Christmas dinner can at least continue.