Touched by this testimony, Tamara De Koninck, a citizen from Asse, launched, in collaboration with the ASBL Capital, a crowdfunding campaign to raise an amount of 10,000 euros to help Sidonie. “For dozens of car owners, the new year begins without a car. This is the case of Sidonie, who learned that her car had completely burned on New Year’s Eve.we can read in the description.
Dazzling success
The crowdfunding was an instant and dazzling success: in less than three hours, 10,000 euros had already been raised. Following the success of crowdfunding, Hassan Al Hilou, from ASBL Capital, which guides young people from Brussels towards the job market, announces “look for other people in the same situation as Sidonie to help them.” The possibility of paying the surplus to a Brussels organization is also being studied. At the time of writing these lines, the amount of the prize pool was around 25,000 euros.
Cars set on fire during New Year’s Eve: why many victims will not be reimbursed by their insurance
As indicated in the DH of January 2, many owners will not be able to be reimbursed for their car destroyed on New Year’s Eve. For good reason: you absolutely need comprehensive insurance to be able to be partially compensated based on the current value of the car. However, “the Most of the time, motorists take out an omnium when purchasing the vehicle when the car represents a significant amount of capital but they no longer extend it after 5 or 10 years. said Peter Wiels, spokesperson for Assuralia, the professional union of insurance companies.
New Year’s Eve was, once again this year, very hectic in Brussels. In addition to private cars, electric bikes and scooters were also set on fire. Firefighters also had to intervene for 53 other fires that broke out in trash cans, containers, trees or brush. Firefighters deplore the fact that law enforcement officers also had to intervene to secure their teams on the ground against troublemakers on New Year’s Eve.
