Editing Enschede fireworks disaster (section)

==Damage==
A {{Convert|40|ha|acre km2|adj=on|sigfig=1}} area around the warehouse was destroyed by the blast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/668626/2005/05/10/Geslaagde-transformatie-van-stadswijk-na-vuurwerkramp.dhtml|title=Geslaagde transformatie van stadswijk na vuurwerkramp|language=nl|newspaper=de Volkskrant|date=10 May 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014182732/http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/668626/2005/05/10/Geslaagde-transformatie-van-stadswijk-na-vuurwerkramp.dhtml|archive-date=14 October 2012}}</ref> The S.E. Fireworks factory was the only one in the Netherlands to be located in a residential area.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Dutch fireworks disaster|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/747566.stm|publisher = BBC News|date = 2000-05-14|access-date = 2015-06-13|archive-date = 22 July 2004|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040722095243/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/747566.stm|url-status = live}}</ref> This caused around 400 houses to be destroyed, 15 streets incinerated and a total of 1,500 homes damaged, leaving 1,250 people [[homeless]], essentially obliterating the neighbourhood of [[Roombeek]]. Ten thousand residents were evacuated, and damages eventually neared 1&nbsp;billion [[Dutch guilder|guilders]] (€454&nbsp;million).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nd.nl/dossiers/binnenland/vuurwerkramp-enschede/economie|title=Dossier: Vuurwerkramp Enschede 2000 – Economie|newspaper=Nederlands Dagblad|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212050850/https://www.nd.nl/dossiers/binnenland/vuurwerkramp-enschede/economie|archive-date=12 February 2015}}</ref>

The Dutch Government warned that potentially harmful [[asbestos]] was released into the air by the explosion.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Search for Enschede survivors ends|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/748535.stm|publisher = BBC News|date = 2000-05-15|access-date = 2015-06-13|archive-date = 14 April 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230414112335/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/748535.stm|url-status = live}}</ref> The fire spread to the nearby [[Grolsch Brewery|Grolsch Beer]] [[brewery]], which had an asbestos roof. It was later [[demolish]]ed and closed; a replacement opened nearby in [[Boekelo]] in 2004.