Pictures posted on social media showed blacked-out streets, lit only by a handful of car headlights and torches.
The power outage hit the neighbourhoods of Schaerbeek, Evere and Saint-Josse,
Sibelga, the power company, and Elia, the network operator, confirmed there was a fault in the city`s electricity grid and said power was gradually being restored to affected areas.
The power failure reportedly began at about 22.45 local time (21:45 GMT).
Traffic lights were reportedly knocked out in parts of the city.
The cause of the power failure is still unknown.
Power failure plunges parts of Brussels into darkness
10 February 2017
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A widespread power outage plunged parts of the Belgian capital Brussels into darkness on Thursday night.
