The police acquired a report concerning the hearth at 4:53 p.m. “It in all probability originated in a garbage bin and unfold to the sports activities corridor. It’s nonetheless unclear how the garbage bin might catch hearth,” says spokesperson Julie Huyghebaert of the Getevallei police zone.
The police and hearth brigade are on web site en masse, all groups are current. “The fireplace brigade is presently extinguishing the fireplace with 6 hearth engines. In line with the preliminary findings, there isn’t any one within the constructing,” says Huyghebaert.
The municipal authorities are asking individuals to keep away from the world and stay calm: “It will permit the emergency providers to do their work. We are going to talk with them and inform everybody as quickly as extra data is obtainable. We’re asking residents of Kloosterstraat, Vroentestraat and Beukenlaan to shut their home windows and doorways as a result of smoke improvement.”