Several people have died in a fire at a construction site in Brussels on July 14, with a search for six missing people ongoing, the local authorities said.

An unspecified number of bodies had been found in one of two elevators at a large renovation project in the central Place de Brouckere, where a fire broke out early on July 14, a spokesman for the local labour inspection service said.

He said it was unclear if these were the bodies of all six missing workers.

The local fire brigade said more than 200 workers had been on the site when the fire broke out, and that three people had been taken to hospital. REUTERS

Several dead in fire at Brussels construction site, authorities say