Research into Enschede fireworks disaster

A research team from the Department of Public Administration at the University of Twente is to carry out an independent investigation into the fireworks disaster of 13 May 2000 in Enschede on behalf of the Dutch House of Representatives. Radboud University Nijmegen is also involved in the study. The University of Twente's research focuses on how the government can better learn lessons from disasters such as the fireworks disasters in Culemborg and Enschede. The fireworks disaster involved a mass explosion at the Enschede fireworks company SE Fireworks, located in the Roombeek neighbourhood. Twenty-three people were killed, including four firefighters. A total of 947 people were injured. Nothing was left of the Roombeek neighbourhood after the explosion, and it was completely rebuilt.
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