🏠 Roombeek

Netherlands · Europe · 52.23°N, 6.90°E

Roombeek is a working-class suburb of the Dutch city of Enschede. It made international headlines due to the Enschede fireworks warehouse disaster on 13 May 2000. The warehouse explosion in Roombeek caused 23 deaths, and wounded 947 people. Around 400 homes were destroyed, and 1,500 were seriously damaged by the fireworks explosion.

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Country	Netherlands
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	52.23°N, 6.90°E · view on map

Roombeek is located in Netherlands, in Europe.

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