Hotel 't Silveren Seepaerd was a hotel-restaurant on the Stationsplein in Eindhoven. A fire broke out during the night, causing a flashover on the ground floor, and swiftly expanded over all four storeys of the hotel. The escape routes in the hotel were poorly lit, and because of the smoke development in the hotel, escape was nearly impossible.
The cause of the fire was never found. At approximately 5:30 CET a bus driver discovered a fire in the restaurant of the hotel. The driver alerted the porter, but because there had already been so much smoke development, they did not dare enter the hotel. The fire department arrived a few minutes later to see several guests who lay in the streets after jumping from the hotel windows, and many others visibly trapped on the upper floors. The fire fighters initially focused on saving as many hotel guests as possible before extinguishing the fire.
Only at 7:45 in the morning the fire was declared under control; rendering the fire safe took up an entire day.
Victims
Of the 86 people in the hotel, 11 were killed, two as a result of attempting to escape. An additional 19 guests were (severely) injured.
The previous day, the Chemie Halle began their stay in the hotel. They had played a match on 15 September against PSV Eindhoven in the first round of the 1971–72 UEFA Cup in Halle. One of the Chemie Halle players, 21-year-old midfielder Wolfgang Hoffmann, died in the fire, while several others were injured.[2] The return match, to be played in Den Bosch, never took place.
Aftermath
The fire in Hotel 't Silveren Seepaerd resulted in strict fire safety regulations for hotels and restaurants. The hotel was never rebuilt. Nowadays there is an apartment complex at the former location of the hotel.
After the fire there was no compensation for the victims by the insurance companies.[1] On 28 April 2006 PSV played a friendly match against Hallescher FC in remembrance of the fire.[3]
^ ab"NA DE HOTELBRAND IN EINDHOVEN Gedupeerden ontvangen geen schadevergoeding". De Waarheid (in Dutch). June 15, 1972. p. 2. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
^Craig McCracken: How Chemie Halle's European dream ended in tragedy 45 years ago today, The Guardian (28 September 2016). Retrieved 5 November 2016. (archive)
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hotel, silveren, seepaerd, fire, took, place, night, september, 1971, eindhoven, netherlands, aftermath, fire, hotel, silveren, seepaerddateseptember, 1971, 1971, coordinates51, 44140, 48053, 44140, 48053, coordinates, 44140, 48053, 44140, 48053typefiredeaths1. The Hotel t Silveren Seepaerd fire took place in the night of 28 September 1971 in Eindhoven Netherlands 1 Hotel t Silveren Seepaerd fireAftermath of the fire at Hotel t Silveren SeepaerdDateSeptember 28 1971 1971 09 28 Coordinates51 26 29 N 5 28 50 E 51 44140 N 5 48053 E 51 44140 5 48053 Coordinates 51 26 29 N 5 28 50 E 51 44140 N 5 48053 E 51 44140 5 48053TypeFireDeaths11Non fatal injuries19 Contents 1 Fire 2 Victims 3 Aftermath 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksFire EditHotel t Silveren Seepaerd was a hotel restaurant on the Stationsplein in Eindhoven A fire broke out during the night causing a flashover on the ground floor and swiftly expanded over all four storeys of the hotel The escape routes in the hotel were poorly lit and because of the smoke development in the hotel escape was nearly impossible The cause of the fire was never found At approximately 5 30 CET a bus driver discovered a fire in the restaurant of the hotel The driver alerted the porter but because there had already been so much smoke development they did not dare enter the hotel The fire department arrived a few minutes later to see several guests who lay in the streets after jumping from the hotel windows and many others visibly trapped on the upper floors The fire fighters initially focused on saving as many hotel guests as possible before extinguishing the fire Only at 7 45 in the morning the fire was declared under control rendering the fire safe took up an entire day Victims EditOf the 86 people in the hotel 11 were killed two as a result of attempting to escape An additional 19 guests were severely injured The previous day the Chemie Halle began their stay in the hotel They had played a match on 15 September against PSV Eindhoven in the first round of the 1971 72 UEFA Cup in Halle One of the Chemie Halle players 21 year old midfielder Wolfgang Hoffmann died in the fire while several others were injured 2 The return match to be played in Den Bosch never took place Aftermath EditThe fire in Hotel t Silveren Seepaerd resulted in strict fire safety regulations for hotels and restaurants The hotel was never rebuilt Nowadays there is an apartment complex at the former location of the hotel After the fire there was no compensation for the victims by the insurance companies 1 On 28 April 2006 PSV played a friendly match against Hallescher FC in remembrance of the fire 3 See also EditHotel Polen fireReferences Edit a b NA DE HOTELBRAND IN EINDHOVEN Gedupeerden ontvangen geen schadevergoeding De Waarheid in Dutch June 15 1972 p 2 Retrieved December 16 2011 Craig McCracken How Chemie Halle s European dream ended in tragedy 45 years ago today The Guardian 28 September 2016 Retrieved 5 November 2016 archive PSV take off for Halle on Friday morning archive External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hotel t Silveren Seepaerd Hotel t Silveren Seepaerd fire at the Zwaailichten disaster website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hotel 27t Silveren Seepaerd fire amp oldid 1135275641, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
