Fire at vacant former parsonage in Westbeemster, Digi Mart USA News (Westbeemster, Netherlands): A large fire on Monday evening badly damaged the former parsonage of the Johannes de Doperkerk church in Westbeemster. Flames broke out of the building on Jisperweg, and firefighters faced a difficult operation to extinguish the blaze.
The fire has now been put out, and no one was injured.
Firefighters were called around 10:00 p.m., and the flames quickly spread through the building. According to the safety region, the building had been vacant for more than a year.
Extinguishing the fire was a challenging task because the building contains a large amount of wood. Firefighters had to work carefully to fully extinguish the flames.
“This is a complex fire, and we also have to think about the safety of our colleagues,” a spokesperson for the safety region said during the firefighting operation.
According to the safety region, the chance that the fire would spread to the neighboring Johannes de Doperkerk was very small. No activities were taking place in the church when the fire broke out, and no injuries were reported.
