Authorities looking for 6 missing in a Brussels building fire find charred bodies in a lift | National News

BRUSSELS (AP) — A fire broke out Tuesday at a building being renovated in downtown Brussels, injuring two people and leaving six missing. Authorities in the Belgian capital said that a number of charred bodies had been found in an elevator at the site.

The fire started on the second floor of the building in a main shopping area, and the flames spread into a lift shaft, said Brecht Speybrouck, a spokesman for the Labor Audit Office.

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