One firefighter has lost his life and three of his colleagues have been seriously injured while attempting to put out a fire at Lantin Prison in Liège Province. The fire started late on Thursday afternoon in the prison's central laundry. Staff and inmate were taken to a safe area within the prison grounds.
1 firefighter dies and another 3 are seriously injured in a fire at Lantin Prison
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It took until around midnight before the fire was fully extinguished. The cause of the fire is not yet known and is the subject of an investigation.
The Federal Justice Minister Annelies Verlinden (Flemish Christian democrat) has expressed her condolences in a post on the social media platform X. "It is with dismay and sadness that I learned of the death of a firefighter during a call out at Lantin prison".
Ms Verlinden and others including the Federal Interior Minister Bernard Quintin (Francophone liberal) will visit the fire station where the deceased and injured firefighters work later on Friday.