at Least 60 firefighters are fighting the night of Sunday against the flames, after a heavy fire late on Saturday night broke out in an apartment complex in the French capital, Paris.
It writes the AFP news agency.
the Fire broke out after an explosion in the building. The flames have spread over several floors in the building, which is located in Paris’s 19. district.
27 apartments affected by the fire, writes the French newspaper Le Figaro.
Late on Saturday evening, there were no reports of deaths in the fire. But a spokesman for the fire department Gabriel Plus said to the French tv channel BMF TV, still looking for possible victims in the building.
According to the spokesperson occurred the fire both on the building’s exterior and the within. The apartments are on 3.-6. floor that is affected.
on the Night of Sunday it is not yet clear how the fire originated.
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the Building is not connected to a gasledningsnet, but on the pictures from the place you can clearly see the gas cylinders on the several balconies. It writes the news agency NTB.
the Building has two mineshafts, which may have helped to spread the fire quickly.
In connection with the fire is the power also dropped several places in the area.
By February died ten people, as one of the worst fires in France in a decade broke out in an eight-storey building in the 16. district, which is one of Paris’ most affluent neighborhoods.
the Fire broke out around the clock 01.00. 30 persons came to light for damage in connection with the fire.
Several residents in the building had to climb out through the roof and seek refuge on the roofs of the nearest buildings before firefighters came to the rescue.
A 40-year-old woman was subsequently arrested because the police thought there was criminal activity behind.
