A number of cars parked in the Brussels municipality of Saint Gilles went ablaze late on Wednesday, with footage uploaded on social media showing large fire and sounds of explosions. The cause of the fire has not been immediately clear.

Saint Gilles - 2 or 3 explosions and firemen still trying to stop the fire pic.twitter.com/y8MZaZChwe — Antonella Zarra (@anti_zeta) July 13, 2016

Several fire trucks have been sent to the scene to deal with the fires. The area of the incident is located just south of the center of Brussels.

Fire in #SaintGilles#Bruxelles: a line of cars burning. Firemen seem to be containing it. pic.twitter.com/KSU35xjgJ2 — Atli Stannard (@atlistannard) July 13, 2016

No crater can be seen on site of fire in #Brussels, explosion(s) probably the gasoline tanks of the cars exploding. — Roeland Roovers (@r0eland) July 14, 2016

Images coming from Brussels showed thick smoke rising from blazing cars.

Explosion à st Gilles pic.twitter.com/VIb5c88wIP — TeutaHadri (@MeMyShoesAndI) July 13, 2016

The fire has since been successfully put out.

Local authorities said that there was criminal intent behind the car fires, but added that a terrorist threat has been ruled out. Eight cars were affected and no injuries reported.