Overview
- A strange smell reported late in the morning at the De Passage shopping arcade prompted evacuations and a cordon in The Hague’s city centre.
- Ambulance personnel assessed nine people who felt unwell, with no one transported to hospital.
- Fire brigade measurements detected no elevated gas levels, and responders attributed the odor to sewer work in the area.
- About fifteen shops were closed at the height of the response, with the first reopening around 12:45 as emergency units left.
- Authorities declared the location safe and released the area, though they cautioned a residual smell could linger.