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EU Commission headquarters remain closed due to fire damage
Officials say the EU's Commission headquarters building will stay closed Tuesday due to security and water damage concerns a day after a fire broke out in the 13 story structure.
- AP
- Published: 11:58 May 19, 2009
Brussels: Officials say the EU's Commission headquarters building will stay closed Tuesday due to security and water damage concerns a day after a fire broke out in the 13 story structure.
Spokesman Amadeu Altafaj Tardio says fire and safety experts are continuing to inspect the building for damage. He says there is water damage in parts of the building that has to be cleaned up before it can be reopened.
A four-hour fire at the landmark headquarters on Monday forced the evacuation of a few thousand bureaucrats, including European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
Fire officials say the fire likely started in the basement before heat and gases raced upward through a wire shaft to the executive floors where Barroso and the 26 other commissioners have their offices.
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