There has been no report of Thai victims, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sek Wannamethee said.

The embassy informed the Thai community in the country that Thais were free to contact them in case they needed any assistance. Of more than 4,000 Thais in Belgium, some 1,000 are in the capital, according to the ministry’s statement. The embassy contacted many of the Thais to urge them to refrain from going to crowded public areas, but if that was unavoidable, they should take serious precautions, said Busaya Mathelin, the Thai ambassador to Belgium.

Thai Airways International Plc said it could not operate flights to and from Brussels due to the closure of Brussels Zaventem Airport following an explosion at 8am local time. The last THAI flight from Bangkok to Brussels was TG934, which departed from Suvarnabhumi Airport at 12.30am and arrived at Zaventem at 7am local time on the same day. All 326 passengers and 20 crew were accounted for upon arrival. Many telecommunication operators are offering free calls and short message services to their subscribers living in or travelling in Belgium.

Total Access Communication is allowing its subscribers to make outgoing calls to relatives and friends in Belgium and other countries free of charge from yesterday until tomorrow.

Advanced Info Service is offering the same facility from yesterday until Friday (Belgium time). Its subscribers in Thailand can also make free calls to Belgium via its 003 overseas call service until Friday midnight (Thailand time). TrueMove H is offering free local and overseas calls yesterday and today for its subscribers who are currently in Belgium.