Fire in France Kills at Least 10, Including 5 Children
Fire At Building Near France’s Lyon Kills 10, Including 5 Children
Paris: Ten people, including five children, were killed – according to the preliminary death toll – after a fire broke out in a residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin, near the French city of Lyon, on Friday morning, the local government said.
The local authority for the Lyon and Rhone region said the cause of the fire is unknown at this stage. 170 firefighters responded to the scene.
The fire broke out in the early hours of Friday morning in a seven-story residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin. A security cordon was set up at the scene of the fire, the local authority added.
