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Fire destroys Ecco Leather tannery in Dongen

Fire broke out at the facility around ten o’clock on Sunday night, May 4. There was no one on site at the time and the authorities in the Dutch town have confirmed that there were no injuries. It took until 5.30 on the morning of Monday, May 5, for the fire service to declare that the blaze was under control and, by then, the building was...

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