Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 14, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Dutch fireworks blasts kill at least 20 warehouse Blaze triggers calamity Many feared dead beneath rubble enschede Netherlands a Blaze inside a fireworks warehouse yesterday triggered multiple explosions that killed at least 20 people wounded another 230 and sent balls of fire shooting Over the Centre of an Eastern dutch town news Media reported. A sea of Black smoke plunged an entire neighbourhood into darkness As the fire raged for hours after the afternoon explosions. Helicopters and ambulances ferried away the injured. A 523-Square-metre area around the facility was destroyed and streets in the town enschede 137 Kilometres East of Amsterdam were littered with fragments of Concrete and shards of window pane. A this is truly a calamity a the towns mayor j. Mans told Rtl-5 television. He said too tonnes of fireworks exploded in the Blaze. A your information is that 20 people Are dead but i fear that there will be More Quot he told the nos Public television Channel. A a in a afraid that there Are More people buried under the rubble Quot he said. Nearly 2,000 people live in the neighbourhood where the warehouse is located the mayor said. Mans initially told Rtl-5 that to firefighters were missing but later said on the nos report the exact figure was unknown. Nos reporter Pauline Broekema said desperate family members were searching for loved ones under the rubble. Quot we heard a huge explosion and then we thought we re finished Quot an unidentified witness told Channel Rtl-4. A we had no idea what was happening. All we knew is there was no place to Amateur video footage on Rtl-4 television showed a huge Ball of fire rising Over the roofs of Row houses in a densely populated area. Sparks shot skyward As More explosions followed. A i was sitting in a cafe and All of a sudden there was a huge explosion Quot an unidentified teenager said. A Beer glasses shattered window panes were blown out and people were hit by slabs of the neighbourhood around the warehouse called enschede North resembled the aftermath of a heavy bombing raid. There were no signs of life on the Grey Ash blanketed streets. Homes were reduced to blackened rubble and surrounded by burned out hulks of cars and mangled bicycles. The mayor said the warehouse was licensed for fireworks storage but could not explain Why it was situated so close to a residential area. A associated press associated press photos above Homes and car in ruins in enschede yesterday after series of explosions. Inset injured Man walks away from burning building. Rani stereo Sjama Tiff pc min my did Rumi a sat stereo 32&Quot stereo to a High contrast picture tube a comb filter a front rear a a jacks is video input tvs3240 Home audio stereo to a Zig High contrast picture tube Fez feature Ixo d c Cinema hip dolby digital ready receiver with surround speaker system discrete High current amplifier a floor standing main speakers a 2-Way effects speakers rxv395/pl36te/pl34bc Centre and personal cd players with to Sec anti Shock amp stereo headphones a Bass boost dm22b not exactly As shown. Reg. $89 buy any Kodak adv anti camera and receive a free Kodak f300 camera with mail in Coupon Home office includes 15�?� Monitor amp Colour Printer 466mhz computer4 with 15 Monitor amp Printer a Intel Celoron 466 Mhz a 8.4gb had a 64mb dram a 48x cd rom a 56k Modem a windows 98 mcebc466b/ s15hy01/p1250i a after $75 mail in rebate brother Plain paper fax a Plain paper fax reception a stores 20 faxes a Call waiting caller id ready a distinctive ring detection fax770 after $50 mail in rebate Sony detachable am/fmcd16.s&Quot speaker combo a 180 Watt High powered cd player a 6.5�?� dual con speakers a rear pre amp output for expansion cxs200 130 Watts Mono it Dri Subbs bbl porn 130 Watt Max 3 bridgeable Power amp a 50 Watt x 2 a 130 Watt x i into 4 Ohms bridged lca502 off Al l red tagged cd books videos dds k selected accessories thru sunday May l4th does not apply to computer software or video games file off All White t cd books videos dds k selected accessories thru sunday May 14th does not apply to computer software or video games i Amer Imam no Mem let so Akebi a w adm Mekbeb ii Walt pm tit Rah Bito Oulton hot by in by Tot to Tot ii ton on nil to in ult Obi of pm swim Kiwi mar Al Dimilti he tied Tot it Kif it ;