Several people are feared dead after a fire broke out at a building under construction in Brussels on Tuesday, with six individuals reported missing, according to local authorities. <\/p>\n
The fire started in the Oxy tower in the centre of the city, with the cause unclear, News.Az<\/a> reports, citing BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n 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 They were able to pry one open and found “several victims – we don’t yet know exactly how many,” said Brecht Speybrouck, spokesperson for the Brussels Labour Prosecutor’s Office.<\/p>\n “It could be the six missing people, but there could also be more in the other lift, or elsewhere,” he added.<\/p>\n 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 The Oxy tower is still under construction and will eventually house flats, a hotel, restaurants and bars.<\/p>\n It is located 500m (0.3m) from the Grand Place, Brussels’ central Baroque square.<\/p>\n