Bewoners van meerdere woningen in Wolvega kunnen voorlopig niet naar huis vanwege een brand die zaterdagavond uitbrak. De brandweer kreeg rond 20.00 uur een melding van een brand in een woning aan de Zuiderkade. Bij aankomst bleek dat ook een naastgelegen woning in brand stond. De brandweer heeft de brand inmiddels onder controle, maar de woningen zijn onbewoonbaar. In totaal zijn tien mensen uit hun huis gehaald. Zij zijn opgevangen in een nabijgelegen hotel. “Ik dacht: verrek, rook. Volgens mij brandt er wat”, zegt een bewoner van een nabijgelegen woning. “Ik ben toen naar buiten gerend en zag dat er rook uit de woning kwam. Ik heb meteen 112 gebeld.” De oorzaak van de brand is nog niet bekend. De politie doet onderzoek.A row of houses on Struikheide in Wolvega was severely damaged by a fire on Tuesday. The residents are unable to return home for the time being. “I thought: damn, smoke. I think something is burning.”A row of houses on Struikheide in Wolvega was severely damaged by a fire on Tuesday. The residents are unable to return home for the time being. “I thought: damn, smoke. I think something is burning.” Linda de Vries (45) had just gotten home from the grocery store on Tuesday when she saw something was wrong outside at a glance. “I thought: damn, smoke, I think something is burning. I went outside right away and called 911.” Together with her husband, she immediately went to the houses on Struikheide. “I went inside one of the houses. I wanted to help put out the fire, but it was too late.” She saw one of the residents trying to put out the fire with water. “But that was a futile effort. A piece of the extension at the back of their house was already coming down.”
Two fires in ten minutes
The fire on Struikheide was the second fire in ten minutes on Tuesday. The first was in a house on Zilverlaan. Just as the fire brigade had that under control, the report came in about the second fire, about a kilometer away, says a spokesman for the fire brigade. “We extinguished the fire there on Zilverlaan very quickly. And we had scaled up, so there was a second pump fire engine. The first had it under control and the second could go to the other fire.” More vehicles were then dispatched for that second fire.
Anyone else inside?
For a moment, firefighters feared that someone was still inside the house on Zilverlaan. “Because a family lives there and someone was missing.” That turned out to be a false alarm. “‘He turned out not to be home.” At the other fire, on Struikheide, a lot of smoke was released. There was a fire in a row of four houses. Two bystanders and a police officer were taken to hospital with breathing problems. “They are all doing well.”
Residents cannot go home
The cause of the fires is being investigated by the police. “That is also standard procedure.” It is assumed that the fires have nothing to do with each other. “We are almost certain of that.” All four houses have sustained considerable damage, says the fire brigade spokesman. The residents are not allowed to return home for the time being. Accommodation has been found for them elsewhere. The house on Zilverlaan was also badly damaged. The police have cordoned off the house for investigation
Bewoners woningen in Wolvega voorlopig niet naar huis door brand
WOLVEGA – De bewoners van woningen in de Nijverheidsstraat in Wolvega kunnen voorlopig niet naar huis. Maandagochtend woedde er een brand in een bedrijfsverzamelgebouw waardoor de woningen onbewoonbaar zijn geworden. “Ik dacht: verrek, rook. Volgens mij brandt er wat”, vertelt een bewoner. De brandweer kreeg de brand rond 08:00 uur onder controle. Er zijn geen gewonden gevallen. De oorzaak van de brand is nog niet bekend. De gemeente Weststellingwerf en woningcorporatie Accolade regelen tijdelijke opvang voor de bewoners.
