Get Leeuwarden news on WhatsApp
FollowNews archive
Home keeps the last two weeks. Everything older stays here, and every article link stays live.
286 stories
Fires, accidents, traffic jams, delays and short news items: with this live blog you can follow 112 news and other short news in Friesland closely.
An apartment in an apartment building in Leeuwarden suffered damage in a raging fire on Sunday. The fire was in an apartment on Soestdijkstraat in the Nijland district. An aerial work platform was called in to fight the fire. The fire brigade fought the fire from the inside. The situation was then quickly under control.
Fires, accidents, traffic jams, delays and short news reports: with this live blog you can closely follow 112 news and other short news in Friesland.
The fire brigade was called out on Sunday afternoon to a report of a possible gas leak in an apartment on Johan Winklerwei in Leeuwarden. The report came in shortly after 3:15 p.m. According to the P2000 report, there may have been a gas leak in the apartment building. Due to the possible risks, a tanker and an officer on duty were urgently deployed.
The fire brigade was called out on Sunday afternoon to a report of a house fire at Pieter Sipmawei in Leeuwarden. The situation on site turned out not to be too bad. Burnt pancakes turned out to be the cause of the report. The fire brigade was alerted shortly after 1.45 pm.
A scooter rider was injured in an accident on Bleeklaan in Leeuwarden on Sunday afternoon. The accident happened around 12:50 p.m. The scooter rider fell due to an unknown cause. Ambulance personnel arrived on scene to treat the victim. After treatment, the victim was taken home by ambulance. Nothing is known about the nature of the injury. The cause of the accident is unknown.
Attack on Riyadh airport The attack by Houthi rebels on the airport of the Saudi capital Riyadh has been widely condemned internationally. World leaders condemn the deliberate attack on a civilian target and call it a dangerous escalation of the fighting on the Arabian Peninsula. Since the start of a large-scale offensive by the Yemeni government forces last Monday, the Houthis have significantly increased their attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia.
A car crashed into a traffic light on Julianalaan in Leeuwarden early Sunday morning. The accident happened around 4:15 a.m. The driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. The car struck the traffic light at high speed, knocking it completely out of the ground.
A driver of a car in Leeuwarden was hit by a traffic light last night. The traffic light for cyclists on the Julianalaan has come loose from the ground. No one was injured in the accident. Welcome to today's 112 live blog. Here you will find an overview of accidents, fires and traffic information in our province.
Municipalities feel that they do not receive enough money from the central government to make themselves resilient against all kinds of threats. These include, for example, cyber and hybrid threats or dangers caused by climate change, such as wildfires. Sharon Dijksma, chairman of the Association of Dutch Municipalities (VNG), says that municipalities need a multiple of what is budgeted in the Million Note for the resilience test. “I'm assuming that it's hundreds of millions in total.”
2°Cloudy
Cambuur · 9 · W
vs Go Ahead Eagles 4–0 · NEXT 
vs PSV Sun 8 Nov, 15:45
NLSt Martin's · Wed 11 Nov