A resident of a retirement home in the Brussels municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre died after a fire broke out in part of the building in the early hours of Friday morning. The news was confirmed by a municipality spokesperson.
“The municipal authorities were informed at 00:55 on Friday that a fire broke out in a room on the third floor of the Parmentier residence, a residence for the elderly, in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre,” the municipality said in a press release.
Although emergency services arrived quickly on the scene, bringing the fire swiftly under control and limiting the blaze to one bedroom, one resident died in the incident.
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Other residents of the retirement home, who were evacuated during the rescue operation, have already returned to their apartments, the statement said.
