Fire at warehouse in Brussels suburb brought under control - VRT


BRUSSELS, June ⁠6 (Reuters) - A fire ⁠that broke out early ‌on Saturday at a warehouse in the Brussels suburb of ​Anderlecht has been ⁠brought under control, ⁠Belgian public broadcaster VRT reported, ⁠citing ‌Brussels fire brigade spokesperson Walter ⁠Derieuw.

The cause of the blaze ​was ‌not immediately clear. Smoke ⁠continued ​to linger over the area as police wearing ⁠gas masks cordoned ​off the warehouse and surrounding streets.

A Reuters reporter saw ⁠some residents being evacuated.

Derieuw said residents were still being advised to keep ​windows and ⁠doors closed because of the ​smoke.

(Reporting by ‌Marta Fiorin, writing ​by Amina Ismail, Editing by Louise Heavens)

Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel for breaking news alerts and key updates!

Next In World

SCO Media and Think Tank Summit calls for broader consensus, stronger cooperation
Romania expels Russian diplomat in protest of airspace breaches
Sino-African medical partnership initiatives launched in Ethiopia to modernize healthcare
Azerbaijan sentences online TV founders, journalists to jail
Man detained in Russia for allegedly passing data to New Zealand intelligence
Feature: From stopover to gateway: how Kenya's SGR is reshaping Voi
Interview: Africa's industrial takeoff "only beginning", says Chinese entrepreneur
Taiwan consumer confidence dips in July
Feature: Measles outbreak deepens plight of displaced children in Sudan's Darfur
Shot fired outside US consulate in Toronto for second time this year

Others Also Read