A building collapsed in the southern Belgian city of Mons during local festivities, leaving people buried in the debris, authorities said.

"A building collapsed and we are trying to get people out," a Mons fire brigade official said.

He said authorities believed a number of people had been injured, but it was not clear if anyone had been killed.

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