a disastrous fire in Paris came ten people have been killed. The fire had broken out in the night in the eight-storey residential building. A 40-year-old resident was arrested.

flames in the night sky blazes and the people that call out the window for help. Others climb to the roof to escape the fire: shocking scenes in the 16. Located in the chic West of Paris.

people screamed at the window, an Inferno

“I’ve seen people from the fire brigade were roped down the house wall,” says an eyewitness. “While the flames from the Windows suggested it was really an Inferno, the fire was everywhere.” The people had stood at the Windows and screamed. The firefighters have done a great Job, they had been working all night.

more Than 250 firefighters were working to bring the flames under control. This was a difficult undertaking, as the cause confirmed rushed to the scene Minister for urban development and housing, Julien Denormandie,. You have to know that the building was in the backyard. This means that it is for the fire Department it had been very difficult to approach. You needed ladders to delete, and you had to work your way from floor to floor. It was a very complex operation.

firefighters had to work through from floor to floor.

a resident of the feast

around midnight, the fire had been noticed, it had spread from the second floor rapidly. About the cause of the fire, the authorities still have no clarity, but there is a suspicion. The Paris public Prosecutor Remy Heitz confirmed. You’ve immediately launched an investigation on suspicion of arson with death. A woman who lives in the building, had been provisionally arrested. She was 40 years old and appears to have mental health problems. She was in police custody.

More the state did not want to say lawyer. The housing Minister was obliged to clarify that the building had been in front of the fire in perfect condition.It was not known that the building had been in disrepair or in a dilapidated condition. It was about 50 years old, and had – as far as we know – no damage at all”.

For the residents was created as a place that offers help.

crisis staff set up

In the South of France, Marseille had tasted two months ago, the collapse of three extremely derelict houses several people. And about three weeks ago were in the North of Paris, in a gas explosion in a bakery four people were killed, the reason was apparently a leaking gas line.

The mayor of Paris has set up a crisis staff. Once more, people who have lost overnight, your home and your belongings need to be in the best possible supplies. You have in the city hall of the 16th century. It is for those who need advice, assistance, or psychological support, a contact point is created. There are also those that are in need of after the fire, a Bed for the night.

Almost fifty people has been able to save the fire in the night, the area around the house is spacious locked. Also adjacent to the building may be entered.

wildfire in the West of Paris
Barbara Kostolnik, ARD Paris
05.02.2019 13:10 PM

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