Police have arrested two people after an explosion ripped through a house in Rotterdam-West.

Nobody was injured in the blast in Jagthuisstraat, which happened at around 2.30am on Monday. The house had been deserted and sealed off since it was the target of a shooting on Thursday morning, local news station Rijnmond reported.

Police later stopped a car in Amsterdam that matched the description of a vehicle seen fleeing the scene of the explosion. Two people sitting in the car were arrested.

The explosion blew out the windows of the house and caused damage to neighbouring properties.

A number of homes and business premises in Rotterdam have come under fire in the last week, including a house in Potgieterstraat, a parcel delivery shop in Delfshaven and a Surinamese restaurant in Kralingen.