The police of the Brussels-Capital Ixelles zone reminded again on Tuesday, in view of the festivities, that the sale, possession and use of firecrackers and fireworks were nevertheless prohibited throughout the Brussels-Capital region.
More than twenty cars on fire
Firefighters also responded to 25 cars on fire in various areas of the city. In some places, several cars were set on fire at the same time.
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Images have reached us in particular from Cureghem. The Belga press agency, for its part, reports vehicles set on fire at Place Lemmens, in Cureghem.
The fire was also put out to three electric bikes or scooters. But the firefighters also had to intervene for 53 other fires in trash cans, containers, trees or brush, according to details communicated by the spokesperson for the Brussels firefighters, Walter Derieuw.
Firefighters deplore the fact that law enforcement officers also had to intervene to secure their teams on the ground against troublemakers on New Year’s Eve.
The spokesperson recalls that routine interventions remain assured, including a presence during the New Year fireworks which brought together 50,000 people at the foot of the Atomium, on the Heysel plateau, or even for building fires. .
