Leo at fireworks disaster - Enschede - Holland - 14 May 2000
At the
company SE Fireworks in the Tollensstraat in Enschede on Saturday afternoon 13
May 2000
a fireworks storage with 180,000 kilograms of fireworks exploded
after a fire broke out.
Till
today almost 1,000 people were injured, over 400 houses were
totally destroyed
and 22 people were killed. The damage was
estimated on almost 30 million Euro.
The
explosion was probably caused by the fact that the fireworks
were stored in simple sea containers.
Most people did not know there was a fireworks storage between
their houses,
and the mayor and the city council said they did not know.
Till
today investigations on this disaster still are going on.
You can see a reconstruction of the disaster on the site of
the Commission Investigation
Fireworks Disaster.
I went
together with photographer Etienne Busink to Enschede the day
after,
stayed there for two days and made live reports
about this world news on Radio Rijnmond.
The
picture was made Sunday 14 May 2000 round 13.00 on the Roomweg
near the Grolsch brewery in Enschede Holland.
© Made by Etienne Busink
