Productions
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26 June 2003
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ARD Tagesschau
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Trial Volendam cafe fire |
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In the town of Volendam ten people are dead and about 130 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 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 bar is trailed in the court of Haarlem.
Activities: research and set-up reportage, footage research and pickup.