Dutch ministers to resign over airport fire

The Dutch ministers of justice and housing will resign after an investigation found they were partially to blame for a fire at a jail at Amsterdam’s airport that killed 11 illegal immigrants awaiting deportation, the state broadcaster reported today.

Justice minister Piet Hein Donner and housing minister Sybilla Dekker were to address parliament later in the day to respond to a report released by the blue-ribbon Safety Investigation Council, which came just two months before a general election, said the NOS broadcaster.