A building burned in France and there are 9 dead

February 5, 2019

The fire is reported on floors 7 and 8 of the building located in Paris, France. It is suspected that a woman is behind the incident after fighting with a neighbor. There is a woman arrested.

Monday night, he He burned a building southwest of the French capital, Paris. There is at least 9 dead and 30 wounded. The mayor of the city, Anna Hidalgo, said: "Paris is in mourning this morning"Thinks that the incident was intentional and a woman was arrested.

Firefighters arrived at the place after a man's call and evacuated more than 50 people with stairs and ropes. After five hours of intervention, they managed to control the fire. 200 firefighters worked, six of them wounded.

According to what was published by Le Figaro, three of the deadly victims died while falling from the building and five others were found in the rubble. "At first we thought it was a fight, we heard a very strong woman yelling"Said Nicolas, one of the neighbors.

"A person was arrested, a woman," said Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz. It is a resident of the building and an investigation was opened for "intentional destruction by fire with fatal consequences"Added the prosecutor.

Two women died in the fire that declared in the building of Corrientes Avenue and more than 50 wounded

Witnesses told BFMTV that the woman was drunk at the time of her arrest and that the neighbors had already heard a neighborhood conflict.

Two neighboring buildings have also been evacuated as a precaution, and district officials are looking for temporary housing. Dozens of streets in the area are blocked by dozens of police cars and fire trucks.

The The President of France, Emmanuel Macron wrote on his Twitter: "France wakes up shocked after the fire of rue Erlanger in Paris tonight.These are thoughts with the victims. Thanks to the firefighters for their courage that saved many lives"

France is woken up in the rue Erlanger fire in Paris tonight. Think about the victims. Thanks to the firefighters do not have the courage to save many lives.

– Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) February 5, 2019

The disaster zone is near the Parc des Princes – the stadium of Paris Saint Germain -, the forest of Boulogne and the Roland Garros tennis club, this is the third deadly fire in Paris over the last three months.

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At the end of December, two women and two girls died from asphyxiation in a fire in a tower in Bobigny, a suburb of Paris. On January 12, a gas explosion caused a fire in the IX arrondissement of Paris and caused the death of four people.