Several people die and others are injured in a fire at an apartment block in Antwerp, Belgium, police say. The blaze starts on the eighth floor of a residential building in the Linkeroever district. The building is reported to be 10 storeys high and home to more than 200 residents. Thick smoke rises from the scene as emergency services respond. An evacuation of the building is underway, with authorities coordinating residents’ exit from the structure. Local guidance to nearby residents includes keeping windows and doors closed and turning off ventilators if needed because of the smoke in the air. Multiple outlets report that the fire’s location is on the eighth floor and that the incident involves several fatalities and many injuries. Police statements do not provide further details on the cause of the fire or the victims’ identities in the accounts provided.