Several of you have contacted us via the orange button Alert us about a “explosion in a house” in Ixelles. It appears to be a fire of criminal origin.
The Brussels-Capital-Ixelles police zone confirms having been called this Sunday shortly before 8 a.m. to “an explosion at 66 rue Marie-Henriette in Ixelles“. Police and firefighters immediately went to the scene. There, they noticed that the home in question, as well as a vehicle parked nearby, was on fire.
“The police immediately set up a judicial exclusion perimeter to facilitate the intervention of the firefighters. As a precautionary measure, several people were evacuated and directed to the advanced medical post located on rue Kerckx. Firefighters managed to extract a person from the burning home. She suffered minor injuries from smoke inhalation and was taken to hospital.“, Linda Camarero, spokesperson for the area, tells us via press release.
THE victim’s life is not in danger. A second vehicle, located nearby, was completely burned. “According to the first observations of the firefighters, the fire was probably of criminal origin“, adds the press release.
The exact circumstances remain to be determined. An investigation is underway,”the federal police laboratory as well as a fire expert will visit the scene“. The prosecution should communicate more during the day.
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