A man and his children have died in a house fire in southeastern Belgium. Fire fighters were alerted to the blaze in the middle of the night but were faced with a home engulfed in flames when they arrived at the site in Han.80km south of Brussels. Local fire fighter chief Franco is Bodart said yesterday that the mother and a family friend were hospitalized for burns and breathing difficulties. The children were two boys and two girls, ranging in age form 2 to 11.