Bruges, The well-known Bruges seafood restaurant Den Gouden Karpel will probably be a long time, the doors should close after Thursday night the ceiling of the second floor came down. In the building were renovation work in progress. What exactly went wrong, remains unclear. The police closed the Fish market locally because of the likelihood that fragments of the facade down would fall.

One of the contractors had sat night after 18 hours, just leave the building, when it failed. The ceiling of the second floor fell in and came all the way down to the ground floor. Immediately it was clear that the damage would be large. The emergency services were on the spot to review the situation. For security, the police decided immediately to set a perimeter to set up and passers-by to keep away. The fire brigade carried out the necessary verstevigingswerken to the building to keep it stable. Until Friday morning, it became clear how big the devastation is.