A heavy fire was reported at around 5 p.m. on Wednesday in a house on the Maaseikersteenweg in Smeermaas, near Maastricht. The house is now uninhabitable. The probable cause was a smouldering fire in the fireplace.

On Friday afternoon, police found a dead person in an apartment in Maastricht. The cause of death is not yet known, and police currently do not suspect a crime. No connection between the fire and the death was reported.