The Brussels Fire Brigade was called to a fire at a two-storey building in Forest on Monday evening. The fire resulted in a man being burnt and suffering a heart attack.
Around 00:30, firefighters received a call from a nearby Audi factory's security agents, informing them that a fire had broken out at a house on Square Emile des Grées du Loû.
Credit: Brussels Fire Brigade.
The fire broke out on the second floor of the building, but the fire department safely evacuated all residents on the first and second floors.
However, a man in his sixties suffered a cardiac arrest on the first floor. He was first safely evacuated but witnesses have stated that he had returned to his home for a yet unknown reason.
He had to be transferred to the hospital as he was also burned in the process. His injuries are reported to be severe.
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The Brussels Fire Brigade has since confirmed that the fire's origin was accidental and that the upper floors of the house have now been rendered uninhabitable.
