BRUSSELS—One person is reported to have been killed and at least two injured in Belgium in an accidental explosion at a sports centre near the French border. Belgian state radio RTBF said the blast happened in the town of Chimay, 120 kilometres south of the capital, Brussels, just after midnight. It quoted local rescue services as saying a number of people had been in the building at the time. The rescue services said part of the building collapsed and that people were trapped in the rubble. Police and rescue services in Chimay could not be immediately reached for details.

Source: thestar August 26, 2016 01:17 UTC