A fire broke out on Sunday evening in a three-storey house on Rue Georges Leclercq in Forest, Brussels, according to fire brigade spokesperson Walter Derieuw.
The blaze started around 6.10pm on the roof before spreading through a skylight to the staircase and the entrance of the third-floor residence.
All occupants had already evacuated the building by the time emergency services arrived. However, a woman was injured during the evacuation and was taken to hospital.
Credit: Brussels Fire Brigade
Firefighters quickly brought the fire under control but had to open part of the roof to fully extinguish the flames. The third-floor residence is now uninhabitable, though the rest of the building was spared.
The fire is believed to have started accidentally, Derieuw added.
The response involved a standard rescue team, a mobile emergency medical unit, and local police. Cleanup operations continued for several hours to eliminate any risk of the fire reigniting.
