A second person has died following Monday’s fire at a tower block in the centre of Liège. Two other people remain in intensive care following the blaze at the Kennedy Tower.
The fire started on Monday morning in a room that houses technical equipment in basement of the 28-story building. Smoke spread through the building into the flats via utility shafts.
One person died at the scene and now Liège police report that a second person has died in hospital. Three other residents of the flats are still in hospital. Two of them are in intensive care.
Building uninhabitable
The Kennedy Tower has been declared uninhabitable and there is currently no gas or electricity in the building. Residents of the Kennedy Tower can report to the shelter that was opened on Monday to provide accommodation for those unable to stay with family or friends in order to ask the emergency services to go to the building to collect their essential belongings.