{"id":8199,"date":"2026-07-01T20:38:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moresourcing.com\/belgium-apartment-block-fire-kills-injures-several-peopleutm_sourcerss_feed\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T20:38:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:38:56","slug":"belgium-apartment-block-fire-kills-injures-several-peopleutm_sourcerss_feed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moresourcing.com\/en\/belgium-apartment-block-fire-kills-injures-several-peopleutm_sourcerss_feed\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium apartment block fire kills at least 5, seriously injures several"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/moresourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Belgium-apartment-block-fire-kills-at-least-5-seriously-injures.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">At least five people have been killed and many injured in a fire in an apartment block in the Belgian city of Antwerp, police said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The blaze broke out mid-morning on the eighth floor of the building, where more than 200 people live, in the city\u2019s Linkeroever neighbourhood, sending vast plumes of smoke into the air, Antwerp police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">An evacuation of the 10-storey building was under way.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cRight now, unfortunately, at least 5 people have died in the fire. There are also a significant number of seriously injured people, as well as a number of lightly injured,\u201d Antwerp police spokesperson Kim Bastiaens told Belgian private broadcaster VTM.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, but Bastiaens said that it had started on the ground floor, and that forensic experts were scouring the site.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Local residents were warned to keep their windows and doors closed and, if needed, to turn off any ventilators due to the amount of smoke in the air.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Firefighters battled the blaze in difficult conditions due to its size and intensity, police said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Belgium #apartment #block #fire #kills #injures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least five people have been killed and many injured in a fire in an apartment block in the Belgian city of Antwerp, police said on Wednesday. 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