At least 6 killed in Brussels building fire | National News

BRUSSELS (AP) — At least six people were killed and two injured in a fire on Tuesday at a building being renovated in downtown Brussels. Authorities in the Belgian capital said that their 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 spokesperson for the Labor Audit Office. He said that 250 workers at the site were evacuated.

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