Several people killed in fire at apartment block in Belgium’s Antwerp
Key takeaways
- Firefighters battle blaze that has also injured a number of people in Linkeroever area of Antwerp.
- Police said the local fire department received a call at 9:53am (07:53 GMT) on Wednesday regarding a “raging fire” on the eighth floor of the 10-storey apartment block in the Linkeroever area of eastern Antwerp.
- Several fire brigades as well as ambulances and emergency teams rushed to the building, which houses more than 200 people.
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Firefighters battle blaze that has also injured a number of people in Linkeroever area of Antwerp.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Rescuers work at the site of a fire in an housing building in Antwerp, Belgium [Yves Herman/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff and APPublished On 1 Jul 20261 Jul 2026Several people have been killed and others wounded in a fire that has erupted in an apartment block in the Belgian city of Antwerp, according to authorities.
Police said the local fire department received a call at 9:53am (07:53 GMT) on Wednesday regarding a “raging fire” on the eighth floor of the 10-storey apartment block in the Linkeroever area of eastern Antwerp.