A huge inferno gutted a 19th century Amsterdam church Thursday, January 1 as the Netherlands endured an unsettled New Year's Eve with two dead from fireworks and "unprecedented" violence against police, reports Le Monde.
A 150-year-old church burned down in the center of Amsterdam at night. The fire quickly engulfed the building, and it was not possible to save the architectural monument. The causes of the fire are being investigated.
We are sure it was an 'electrical accident' like at Notre Dame.
The blaze broke out in the early hours at the Vondelkerk, a tourist attraction that has overlooked one of the city's top parks since 1872. The 50-meter-high tower collapsed and the roof was badly damaged but the structure was expected to remain intact, Amsterdam authorities said. The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear, adds Le Monde.
The head of the Dutch Police Union, Nine Kooiman, reported an "unprecedented amount of violence against police and emergency services" over New Year's Eve. She said she herself had been pelted three times by fireworks and other explosives as she worked a shift in Amsterdam. Shortly after midnight, authorities released a rare country-wide alert on mobile phones warning people not to call overwhelmed emergency services unless lives were at risk.
When will Europeans have enough?
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