# Explosion damages Vlaardingen flats, one of four near Rotterdam

> Explosives went off at homes in Vlaardingen, Rotterdam-Pendrecht and Schiedam within about half a day, and police say nobody was injured in Vlaardingen.

Society · published 2026-11-09 12:31 · https://nlnow.nl/a/four-explosions-hit-homes-around-rotterdam-in-half-a-day/

Four explosions hit the Rotterdam region in about half a day. The latest came 2:20am on Monday, police said, when an explosive went off outside the entrance to a block of flats on the Madridweg in Vlaardingen.

Nobody was injured in Vlaardingen, but several windows broke at the entrance, on the first floor and in the basement store.

Police said an explosion at a home on the Sliedrechtstraat in Rotterdam-Pendrecht injured nobody and damaged only the home. Nobody has been arrested. Officers have secured evidence, and an investigation has started.

## Two blasts in Schiedam

The other two explosions happened in Schiedam on Sunday evening, one shortly after the other.

A police spokesperson said the two Schiedam explosions are being investigated as separate incidents.

Police are asking anyone with information or footage of the Rotterdam explosion to call 09008844.

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