Investigators say the cause of the explosion is unknown but police are looking for a car seen driving away from the scene at speed just after the blast.
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00:00At least five people have been killed after an explosion destroyed an apartment block
00:06in the western Dutch city of The Hague.
00:09Emergency services said four people have been rescued from the rubble and taken to hospital
00:14but it's unclear how many people may still be trapped.
00:18Mayor Jan van Zanen said that the cause of the blast is unknown.
00:22Investigators say police are looking for a car seen driving away from the scene at speed
00:27just after the explosion.
00:30Authorities also said that five apartments were destroyed while 40 neighbouring apartments
00:35have been evacuated.
00:38A specialised urban search and rescue team has been deployed to the scene with four dogs
00:43trained to find victims.
00:46The same team was previously used in Turkey after devastating twin earthquakes that struck
00:51the south in early 2023 killing at least 59,000 people.