In the former Dutch fishery town of Volendam ten people died and about 130 are injured after fire swept through a cafe packed with teenagers. Several other youngsters suffered severe burns or smoke inhalations, and about 20 of these victims had to be taken to special burn units also in Belgium and Germany.
The fire started shortly after midnight as about 700 people were heralding the new year at the bar complex “Het Hemeltje” (Little Heaven) inside a row of old wooden houses in Volendam. The owner of the cafe stand trial at the court of Haarlem.
For a reportage about the trial the news program Tagesschau from the German first public TV channel ARD needs background information and archive footage form the day of the disaster.