Several people killed in fire at Brussels construction site, authorities say

A fire at a construction site in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday has resulted in multiple fatalities, with authorities continuing the search for six missing workers. The blaze broke out early Tuesday at the large renovation project on the central Place de Brouckere. Emergency services discovered an unspecified number of bodies in one of the two elevator shafts at the site. Brecht Speybrouck, a spokesman for the local labor inspection service, told Reuters, “We had small access to one of the two elevator cabinets and there we had a view that there are some corpses of two or three people who died.”

More than 200 workers were reportedly on site when the fire erupted. While an initial fire on the lower floors was quickly contained, flames spread through elevator shafts, igniting a new fire on an underground level. The local fire brigade confirmed that three individuals were transported to a hospital. The cause of the fire remains unclear at this time. The ongoing search for the six missing workers continues amidst the investigation into the incident.

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We had small access to one of the two elevator cabinets and there we had a view that there are some corpses of two or three people who died.