The building in the Schilderswijk in The Hague, where dozens of homes and a mosque were badly damaged in a fire last May, did not meet the fire safety requirements. This is stated in a report published on Wednesday by the Institute of Physical Safety (IFV), which was commissioned by the Haaglanden safety region to investigate the fire safety of the building.
The extension, balconies and roof construction of the complex were made of insufficient fire-resistant materials. This allowed the fire to spread quickly. For example, the balconies and balcony partitions had a polyester coating, a material that is not fire-resistant and not heat-resistant according to the IFV. In addition, the roof construction did not comply with building regulations, which allowed the fire to spread to neighboring homes. Furthermore, the building was renovated in 1992 without a permit
No one was injured in the fire in the night of 19 to 20 May on Wouwermanstraat. The building consists of a residential block with five porches, with the houses of one portico serving as a mosque. According to the IFV, the fire spread “extremely quickly”, causing the mosque and eleven homes to burn down completely and nineteen homes were declared uninhabitable.
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