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The fire brigade was busy Friday night and Saturday night putting out burning radio masts. On Friday night, someone burned down a radio tower in Groningen and two masts caught fire in the city of Obadenbosch in Brabant. The fire brigade has extinguished it and is still investigating the circumstances, but a connection to other incidents is highly plausible.
The fires in Brabant started around 3:00 a.m., they report Omroep Brabant and BD. On one of the masts, the fire brigade needed a cherry picker to put out the fire. Damage to the masts is still unknown.
In Groningen, someone poured a mast with fuel and then lit it. When a viewer spoke to the man about it, he quickly walked away. The viewer was able to record the car’s registration number and reported it to the police. According to a police spokesman, the spectator’s intervention did not cause any damage to the mast.
The fire already started last week at radio masts in Beesd (Gelderland), Rotterdam and the Brabant cities of Deurne and Nuenen. In all cases, those fires started at the bottom and outside of the radio tower, indicating an arson.
Loss of a radio mast due to fire can reduce mobile accessibility. “Incidents of this type have consequences for mobile coverage in the region, as a result of which 112 can no longer be accessed in the region, with all the associated consequences,” Rob Bongenaar, director of the group, told Bon NU. of interest Monet.
One of the fires at Oudenbosch required an aerial platform to be extinguished. (Photo: Pro Photos)
False news about 5G radiation and coronavirus spread
Last weekend, several cell towers were torched in the UK. This happened after the spread of fake news online, establishing a link between 5G radiation and the corona virus.
New transmission masts will be installed for the deployment of the 5G network. Critics are concerned that radiation from masts may cause health damage, although research has shown that radiation remains below the limit recommended by the European Union. KPN, T-Mobile and Vodafone note “increasing resistance to antenna placement,” the companies previously said.
NCTV speaks of “worrying development”
Last year, after the announced launch of 5G networks in the Netherlands, the National Counter-Terrorism and Security Coordinator (NCTV) already established that the protests against transmission masts had received a new boost.
These often took the form of protests, but have never before led to extremist protests such as the sabotage and arson in recent days, writes NCTV. “A worrying development”.
