Dutch police say they have arrested three suspects who might have been involved in the explosion and fire that killed six people in an apartment building in The Hague over the weekend.

The blast, which the mayor of The Hague called an “unprecedented disaster,” killed six people on Saturday morning.

The police investigation at the location of the explosion on the Tarwekamp in The Hague last Saturday has been completed. The location will now be handed over to the municipality. Several buildings collapsed due to explosions on Saturday morning on the street in the neighborhood of Mariahoeve.

Dutch police have arrested three people following an explosion that killed six people and injured four in an apartment building in The Hague, the police said on Tuesday. A criminal investigation has been launched into the cause of Saturday's blast,

Dutch police on Monday arrested three suspects for possible involvement in the heavy explosion at Tarwekamp in The Hague late last week. The suspects will be arraigned before the magistrate later this week.

Two people have been killed and four people injured after an explosion set off a fire in a three-storey apartment building in the Dutch city of The Hague, Mayor Jan van Zanen said on Saturday, as searches continued for missing people under the debris.

An explosion and fire rocked a neighborhood in the Dutch city of The Hague on Saturday, killing three people, injuring other people and destroying several apartments, according to authorities. The cause of the disaster was unclear.

Up to 20 people may have been in the building at the time, Dutch media say.

Dutch police said Tuesday they had arrested three people in connection with an explosion at an apartment block in The Hague that killed at least six people.

Dutch police have detained three suspects in connection with the deadly explosions that destroyed an apartment block over the weekend. The suspects may have been involved in the twin blasts that killed six people in The Hague,