Belgium apartment block fire kills at least 5, seriously injures several

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A fire in an apartment block in Antwerp, Belgium, resulted in at least five deaths and multiple injuries. The blaze broke out on the eighth floor of the 10-storey building, prompting an evacuation of over 200 residents.

At least five people have been killed and many injured in a fire in an apartment block in the Belgian city of Antwerp, police said on Wednesday. The blaze broke out mid-morning on the eighth floor of the building, where more than 200 people live, in the city’s Linkeroever neighbourhood, sending vast plumes of smoke into the air, Antwerp police said in a statement. An evacuation of the 10-storey building was under way. “Right now, unfortunately, at least 5 people have died in the fire. There are...