At least four injured in an explosion in an apartment block in The Hague (Netherlands)

MADRID Dec. 7 () –

At least four people were injured this Saturday in The Hague as a result of an explosion that occurred this morning that destroyed five homes in an apartment block and sparked a police investigation into the possibility that the detonation could have been provoked.

The city police have confirmed in this sense that they are collecting information about a vehicle “that left the scene at full speed” at the time of the explosion, around 6:15 in the morning.

It took firefighters four hours to put out the fire caused by the detonation, which practically split the apartment block in two, a three-story, “L”-shaped building in the Tarwekamp neighborhood, near the center of the city. city.

The rescue forces are operating under the premise of a “code 20”, that is, an incident that would have left more than twenty victims, who could still be buried under the rubble.

“The emergency services are working at full speed to get people to safety,” said the mayor of The Hague, Jan van Zanen, in comments reported by the RTL network. “We are doing everything we can to help people and as soon as there is more clarity about what happened, we will inform you,” he added.