First Victim of Hot Heats in Belgium: a Man Drowns in Ghent Trying to Cool Down

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The rescue quickly intervened, but it was already too late to save this forty-year-old who wanted to refresh himself. ...

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In Ghent, a man (47) drowned in the Houtdok. Witnesses saw him voluntarily step into the water to cool down, after which he got into trouble. The fire brigade arrived on the scene, but they could only retrieve the man's lifeless body from the water. "Do not go swimming in places where it is prohibited," the East Flanders public prosecutor's office said.