ROTTERDAM, Netherlands – An explosion at the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Thursday killed at least one person and injured several others, city police said.
Police said the blast at Europe’s biggest port happened late Thursday morning and that a crime scene has been set up to try to establish what caused it. In a post on social media, they said the explosion “appears to be a workplace accident for the time being,” without elaborating.
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