Brussels Fire Brigade responds three times in two hours to bins set on fire

Brussels Fire Brigade responds three times in two hours to bins set on fire
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Firefighters in Brussels extinguished three bin fires in Anderlecht overnight from Monday to Tuesday within two hours.

The fires broke out between 03:00 and 05:00. Crews responded twice at Place Alphonse Lemmens and once on Rue de Liverpool.

No one was injured, and damage was confined to the bins.

The cause of the fires remains unclear, but authorities have not ruled out the possibility of arson.


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