Overview
- Multiple explosions and a major house fire on Thursday injured four people and caused heavy structural damage in the city centre.
- The wider area has reopened, but Visscherssteeg itself remains cordoned off with police and security guarding the site overnight.
- Forensic teams have begun work yet cannot reach all areas until damaged buildings are stabilized, and the municipality says earlier talk of a gas leak is unconfirmed.
- Recovery efforts continue with utilities being restored, Stichting Salvage guiding residents and entrepreneurs, and a municipal information point operating at the town hall.
- Most vehicles were retrieved from the Springweg garage before its closure, and Centrummanagement Utrecht warns some businesses may be unable to return for some time.