Several Americans wounded in Brussels attacks

Several Americans were injured in Tuesday's attacks in Brussels, officials said, including a Mormon missionary.

Mason Wells, 19, was among three US missionaries from Utah who were seriously wounded in the blasts at the Belgian capital's airport, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a statement.

Utah's Deseret News daily quoted a friend of the Wells family as saying the teen and Empey had both suffered burns and other injuries.

Wells "has burns to his hands and legs and some to his face," Lloyd Coleman told the paper.

"Most of the damage is around his foot and ankle. A heel took the most damage, and the doctors are repairing it, but the family doesn't know how bad the injury is."

The US Air Force said one of its service members and several of his relatives had also been injured in Tuesday's attacks in the Belgian capital that killed at least 34 people.

"The United States Air Force can confirm that one US Air Force service member from Joint Force Command Brunssum, Netherlands, was injured in today's horrific attack at the airport in Brussels," a statement said, referring to a NATO command. 

"The airman's family was also present and has sustained various injuries. Due to privacy concerns, we are not releasing the status of their injuries."