Netherlands: Multiple people have died in an apartment explosion in The Hague

An explosion occurred on the morning of Saturday 7 December in the Dutch city of The Hague, damaging several apartments and injuring multiple people.

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00:00At least two people have died and multiple were injured following an explosion in the

00:07Dutch city of The Hague on Saturday, which destroyed several apartments.

00:13Five apartments were in a section of the building that completely collapsed, emergency authorities

00:17said.

00:18Four people have been brought to the hospital, but firefighters could not say how many people

00:22may still be under the rubble.

00:25Dutch authorities deployed a specialized urban search and rescue team to the scene,

00:30with four dogs trained to find victims.