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Firefighter Killed, 3 Seriously Injured in Brussels Gas Explosions

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A firefighter was killed, and three other people were seriously injured in two gas explosions near Brussels Central Station on Friday, Belgian media reported, said Xinhua. The firefighter had been reported missing after the explosions and was later pulled from the rubble. Emergency services attempted to resuscitate him, but he died at the scene, according to HLN, a local Dutch-language news outlet. Valentina Marocchi, spokesperson for the Brusse…

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A firefighter was killed on Friday afternoon in the center of Brussels following two powerful explosions caused by a gas leak. The deceased has been identified as Sergeant Major Olivier Francotte. Three others, including two employees of grid operator Sibelga and a second firefighter, were injured. The explosions occurred in an already evacuated office building on Treurenberg, near Brussels Central, after a contractor struck a gas line during co…

·Kobbegem, Belgium
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A firefighter died, and three others were injured on Friday after two explosions on a gas grid near the Brussels Central Station. The explosions took place during repairs, and about 100 people were evacuated from a nearby building.

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A firefighter died and three people were injured on Friday, after two explosions on a gas grid took place near the Brussels Central Station, where a leak was being repaired, leading to the evacuation of about 100 people from a nearby building.

·Bucharest, Romania
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One fireman has died and three other people have been injured this Friday after two gas explosions recorded next to the Brussels Central Station, during work to repair a leak.The incident forced the evacuation of about a hundred people from a nearby building.The wounded included a member of the fire brigade and two operators from Sibelga, the public company responsible for the supply of electricity and natural gas in the Belgian capital.The fata…

·Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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A firefighter was killed in gas explosions in a building in the center of Brussels. Three others were seriously injured.

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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La Libre broke the news in Brussels, Belgium on Friday, August 14, 2026.
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