Twelve elderly residents evacuated after fire in care center on Reestlaan. Mrs. Wessel (97): ‘The firefighter asked if I wanted to ride on his back. Well that didn’t seem right to me

In the Reestlanden residential facility – part of the Cosis care institution – on the Reestlaan in Meppel, three apartments were completely destroyed by a major fire on Tuesday night. The fire started in an adjacent wooden building. Twelve residents of the adjoining building of residential institution Noorderboog were evacuated at 1:45 am as a precaution.

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