Fire ravages Amsterdam church on 'unsettled' Dutch New Year
The Peninsula
The Hague: A huge inferno gutted a 19th century Amsterdam church Thursday, as the Netherlands endured an unsettled New Year s Eve with two dead from f...
The Hague: A huge inferno gutted a 19th century Amsterdam church Thursday, as the Netherlands endured an unsettled New Year's Eve with two dead from fireworks and "unprecedented" violence against police.
The blaze broke out in the early hours at the Vondelkerk, a tourist attraction that has overlooked one of the city's top parks since 1872.
The 50-metre-high (164-foot) tower collapsed and the roof was badly damaged but the structure was expected to remain intact, Amsterdam authorities said.
The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear.
The tower of the Vondelkerk church burns during New Year's Eve, in Amsterdam on January 1, 2026. (Photo by Laurens Niezen / ANP / AFP)
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