Belgium: Five houses damaged in explosion near to Antwerp’s Sportpaleis, three lorries torched at Antwerp docks

At around 11pm on Monday the Tweemontstraat, near to the Sportpaleis events centre was shaken by an explosion.

At least 5 houses were damaged in the blast. A parked car also sustained damage in the explosion. A local resident told VRT News that first a fire was started at the front door of a house and that this was followed shortly afterwards by an explosion. The local police were assisted by explosives experts from the bomb disposal service DOVO and by officers from the Federal Police Service.