The Brussels firefighters intervened this Saturday morning around 2:30 for a fire in a detached house located on the Avenue du Cimetière in Ganshoren. “There was a lot of black smoke when we arrived. The sole occupant of the house, a man in his seventies, had made his way to safety through his neighbour’s garden. He was examined and treated on the spot by the Smur ”, comments Walter Derieuw, spokesman for the fire brigade.
The ground floor and the stairwell are completely damaged by the fire. “The fire had also spread to the car parked in the garage, which was not deep enough, through an unorthodox opening in the load-bearing wall between the garage and the living room. The trunk of the car was then in the living room. The sedan was taken off to shut it down,” adds the spokesman.
The origin of the fire is accidental and the house is uninhabitable. 24 firefighters were mobilized. “The last vehicle left the scene at around 4.45am after decontaminating personnel and equipment. »
