The inhabitants of the apartment concerned, located on the second floor of the building, were not at home, but it was a neighbor who heard the siren of the smoke detector and who warned the emergency services.
UA fire broke out in an apartment building on Boulevard Anspach in Brussels on Wednesday evening. There were no injuries, but firefighters had to save a pet, a dog, who was in the apartment. “This incident once again proves the usefulness of a smoke detector,” said Walter Derieuw, spokesman for the fire department.
The inhabitants of the apartment concerned, located on the second floor of the building, were not at home, but it was a neighbor who heard the siren of the smoke detector and who warned the emergency services.
“We forced the front door and quickly smothered the fire,” the spokesperson said. “The absent residents had forgotten a saucepan on the stove. During search and rescue operations, the faithful four-legged friend of the locals was taken away. The dog has been entrusted to the good care of the manager of a café he knows well to recover from his emotions and wait for his masters.