{"id":28688,"date":"2026-07-14T14:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/28688\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T14:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:02:11","slug":"several-found-dead-in-lift-shaft-after-fire-in-central-brussels-building-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/28688\/","title":{"rendered":"Several found dead in lift shaft after fire in central Brussels building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Several people are feared to have died in a fire at a building under construction in Brussels on Tuesday, with six missing, local authorities have said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fire started in the Oxy tower in the centre of the city, with the cause unclear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While it was put out quickly, when firefighters entered the building they discovered it had spread to the lift shafts, where two lifts were blocked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They were able to pry one open and found &#8220;several victims &#8211; we don&#8217;t yet know exactly how many,&#8221; said Brecht Speybrouck, spokesperson for the Brussels Labour Prosecutor&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It could be the six missing people, but there could also be more in the other lift, or elsewhere,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Local media said two people were already taken to hospital with serious burns, while a firefighter was treated at the scene after being exposed to high temperatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Oxy tower is still under construction and will eventually house flats, a hotel, restaurants and bars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It is located 500m (0.3m) from the Grand Place, Brussels&#8217; central Baroque square.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several people are feared to have died in a fire at a building under construction in Brussels on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[15888,18,15887,10876],"class_list":["post-28688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-brecht-speybrouck","tag-brussels","tag-fire-started","tag-local-authorities"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116918704338822503","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}