Fatal Brussels café fire leaves another victim critically injured
Later Belgian reports confirm a death after the Evere blaze, with a second person still in critical condition.
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One victim has died and another remains in life-threatening condition following the Evere café fire, Belgian outlets report.
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One person has died after the overnight café fire in Evere, Brussels, while a second victim remains in a life-threatening condition, according to later reports by HLN and La Libre. The new information supersedes initial accounts describing two injured people without a confirmed fatality.
The blaze started close to 3:40am on the ground floor of a building that also holds flats, on Henri Consciencelaan. Paramedics worked on the two casualties at the scene. One had inhaled a large amount of smoke and had to be revived while being driven to hospital.
Crews put out the flames and then cleared smoke from the café, the staircase and the flats above it. It is not known from the available reports whether anyone living upstairs needed to be moved out temporarily or was otherwise affected.
An inquiry into how the fire started is continuing, with no cause identified so far, the fire service said.
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What we know
- 2+ outlets · HLN, La Libre A fire at a café in Evere, Brussels, has left one person dead and a second critically injured, according to HLN and La Libre.
- 1 outlet · HLN The blaze broke out close to 3:40am on the ground floor of a building that also contains flats, on Henri Consciencelaan.
- 1 outlet · HLN One casualty needed to be revived on the way to hospital after inhaling smoke.
- 1 outlet · HLN Firefighters put out the blaze and cleared smoke from the building. No cause has yet been identified.
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The fire broke out below occupied flats in the early hours and needed an urgent medical response, including reviving one victim in transit. Crews brought the blaze under control and cleared the building of smoke, but investigators have not yet said what caused it.
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One victim has died and another remains in life-threatening condition following the Evere café fire, Belgian outlets report.
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Questions and answers
- Where did the fire happen?
- At a café on Henri Consciencelaan in Evere, Brussels.
- How many people were injured?
- Two, according to the Brussels fire brigade.
- What caused the fire?
- The cause had not been established.
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