An enormous fireplace broke out within the Netherlands’s Ter Aar metropolis on Friday night time. In a video that surfaced on social media, a number of homes will be seen caught on fireplace whereas an ambulance rushes to the positioning. People have assembled in entrance of their homes and are seemingly ready for rescue personnel to evacuate them from the spot.

Local media outlet NOS reported that it’ll take hours to extinguish the blaze, and there was no report of accidents.

The NOS report additionally mentioned that explosions had been additionally heard which the outlet attributed to fuel cylinders from forklift vans.

Social media was flooded with photographs and movies of the huge fireplace. Following are a couple of of them:

The fireplace service has requested individuals to keep away from the positioning as ash particles falling as a result of blaze will be very harmful. In addition to ash particles, items of glass from photo voltaic panels that are very sharp, may also result in severe accidents, it added.

People dwelling close by have been requested to shut home windows and doorways and switch off mechanical air flow. It stays unclear if there have been individuals within the facility or how the fireplace erupted.