A fire broke out at a major construction site in central Brussels on Tuesday, killing several people, as rescue teams searched for six missing workers, news agency Reuters reported, citing local authorities. The fire broke out at a large renovation project on the Place de Broukère, where more than 200 workers were present at the time. Three people were taken to hospital, while officials said an unknown number of bodies were found inside one of the site’s two elevator shafts.“We had a small access to one of the two elevator cabinets and there we saw some bodies of two or three people who had died,” Reuters quoted spokesman Brecht Spiebruck as saying. Spiebrook said six workers were still missing and the cause of the fire was not yet known. According to the local fire department, the initial fire on the lower floors was brought under control relatively quickly. However, the flames spread through the lift shaft, causing a second fire in the underground portion of the building and complicating rescue efforts. Emergency crews continued the search as investigators worked to determine the cause of the incident.