A powerful explosion in a residential apartment building in Antwerp, Belgium – one person dead | News in brief

At least one person has died in an explosion that happened in an apartment building in the city of Antwerp in Belgium, reports say Belgian newspaper De Standaard.

The top two floors of the four-story apartment building were completely destroyed in the explosion.

In addition to the deceased, five people have been rescued from the apartment building, three of whom have been seriously injured.

The search for people in the ruins of the building still continues.

The cause of the explosion is unknown.

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