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Brussels Emergency Services Estimate Metro Casualties at 10-15

© REUTERS / RTL Belgium via Reuters Tv Rescue workers treat victims outside the Maelbeek metro station after a blast, in Brussels, Belgium, in this image taken from a March 22, 2016 video
Rescue workers treat victims outside the Maelbeek metro station after a blast, in Brussels, Belgium, in this image taken from a March 22, 2016 video - Sputnik International
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Up to 15 people were killed and at least 35 seriously injured or burned in an explosion at the Maelbeek station of the Brussels metro, a spokesperson with the Belgium’s Fire Brigade and Emergency Medical Service (SIAMU) of the Brussels-Capital Region told Sputnik on Tuesday.

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"When it comes to the people that died, we still cannot give the exact number but it is between 10 and 15 people," a press officer said.

"What we know right now is that there are 24 people severely burnt at the metro station at Maelbeek so they were sent to the military hospital in a commune in Brussels… There were 11 people seriously injured… there were also people lightly injured," the press officer added.

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