At least 6 killed in fire at apartment block in Belgium’s Antwerp

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A fire broke out in a 10-storey apartment tower in Antwerp, Belgium's Linkeroever area on Wednesday morning. At least six people have died, and an unknown number of others were injured. The blaze, which began on the eighth floor, prompted a large response from fire brigades, ambulances, and emergency teams. Firefighters faced difficult conditions due to the fire's intensity and heavy smoke, making rescue and extinguishing efforts challenging. Residents described power outages followed by a fire alarm, with some trapped in their apartments before being rescued by fire ladders. The building houses over 200 people.

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Resident Geert Dewulf described the fire starting with a power outage, followed by a fire alarm and smoke.

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The fire is described as complex with poor visibility and heavy smoke.

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The fire department received a call at 9:53am (07:53 GMT) on Wednesday regarding a fire on the eighth floor.

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At least six people have been killed in a fire in a 10-storey apartment tower in Antwerp.

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The building 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.At ⁠least six people have been killed in a fire in a 10-storey apartment tower in the Belgian city of Antwerp, ⁠police have told local media.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 apartment block in the Linkeroever area of eastern Antwerp.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Belgium’s Doku welcomes son during World Cup amid commentator controversylist 2 of 4Power outages in France as Europe bakes in record heatlist 3 of 4Europe faces another day of extreme heat after more temperature records setlist 4 of 4Trossard brace guides Belgium to World Cup knockouts as New Zealand exitend of listSeveral fire brigades as well as ambulances and emergency teams rushed to the building, which houses more than 200 people. It was still too early to give a figure for the number of ⁠injured.Firefighters were battling the blaze in difficult conditions due to its size and intensity, police said.“This is a very complex fire with poor visibility and heavy smoke inside the building. That makes it more difficult to extinguish,” Marie De Clercq, a spokesperson for the Antwerp-fire-zone" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="156337" data-entity-type="organization">Antwerp Fire Zone, was quoted as saying by The Brussels Times.Rescuers evacuate a person at the site of a fire in an housing building in Antwerp [Yves Herman/Reuters]Footage from the scene showed one man on an upper floor enveloped in smoke and hanging over a balcony in an effort to get fresh air before making his way to a nearby window.“First the electricity went out. Three minutes later we got a fire alarm. By then, there was already smoke in the hallways”, Geert Dewulf, who lives ‌on the 10th floor of the building, told Belgian broadcaster VRTNWS.“We tried to get down on our own but we couldn’t manage it anymore. We barricaded ourselves in our apartment and waited on the terrace. About 10 minutes later, the fire department came to rescue us from the terrace with their fire ladder.”

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