Several trapped as explosion destroys buildings in Belgium

ANTWERP: Several people trapped as a huge explosion on Monday destroyed two buildings in Belgium city.

Multiple people were wounded and several others were feared trapped under the rubble as two residential buildings collapsed after a huge explosion in the Antwerp's Paardenmarkt area. The blast was most likely a gas explosion, according to local media.

While emergency services have rushed to the scene to carry out relief operation in the area, shifting injured people to nearby medical facility and pulling out the trapped people.