Four Limburg metalworkers among six killed in Brussels Oxy building fire
Six people died in a fire at the Oxy building in Brussels. Het Laatste Nieuws reports that four of them — Stijn, Jille, Koen and Johan — were friends and colleagues from OTM, a metalworking firm in Belgian Limburg, concentrating the grief on one workplace and…
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- Six people died in a fire at the Oxy building in Brussels.
- Four of the six victims were colleagues from OTM, a Limburg metalworking firm.
- Het Laatste Nieuws named the four men as Stijn, Jille, Koen and Johan.
- The four were friends as well as workmates from the same company.
A fire at the Oxy building in Brussels killed six people. According to Het Laatste Nieuws, four of the victims — first-named Stijn, Jille, Koen and Johan — were colleagues and friends from OTM, a metalworking company (metaalbedrijf) based in the province of Limburg in Flanders. The naming of the four connects a fatal Brussels blaze to a single Limburg workplace. Key entities: OTM (Limburg metalworking firm), the Oxy building (Brussels), Het Laatste Nieuws (reporting publisher), and the Brussels emergency and judicial services expected to establish the cause.
Background
Fatal multi-victim building fires are rare but recurrent in Belgian cities, and each typically triggers investigations by the local fire brigade and the public prosecutor into cause, building safety and compliance. Incidents in which several victims come from one workplace are especially wrenching because the grief is concentrated rather than dispersed.
What to do
Readers should treat unconfirmed details with caution while official Brussels emergency and judicial sources complete their assessment; further verified updates are expected as the story evolves.
Impact
Regional — The loss falls heaviest on Limburg, where OTM is based: four colleagues from one metalworking firm dying together is a blow to a workplace, the surrounding community and the connected families. In Brussels, the fire adds to concerns about fire safety and emergency response in occupied buildings.
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