Paris: 10 people killed by a fire in a building

Ten dead and 37 wounded, including one seriously, constituted the temporary balance of a fire last night in Paris, which forced to evacuate two other property. Local media reported that the incident was caused by a woman suffering from psychiatric disorders. after an argument with a neighbor.

The number of victims of this event took place in an eight-story building located in western Paris, built in the 1970s, which is constantly updated due to the severity of some local authorities detailed and injured.

Although the investigation is still ongoing, minutes after the start of the fire, a woman of about 40 was arrested in a nearby street, accused by several witnesses of being the author of the act.

The woman, who was suffering from psychiatric problems, was in a state of drunkenness and, at the time of her arrest, tried to set fire to a garbage basket and a parked vehicle, according to Efe.

The Paris prosecutor, Rémy Heitz, confirmed that the suspicions concerned the one who had been arrested and that an investigation had been opened on "deliberate shootings resulting in death".

The inhabitants of the burning building agreed to blame the woman, known for her penchant for alcohol, and remembered that a year ago, she had already lit a fire in a trash, although its action did not increase at that time.

In addition, some witnesses stated that the woman played loud music during the night, prompting another neighbor, a firefighter by profession, to call the police.

Before the man's complaint, the woman shouted, insulted and started toss objects through the window. She told a witness and pointed out that the person currently being detained had shouted to the man, "Since you're a firefighter, I'm going to cause a fire."

At that time, and after the telephone complaint, the police went on the spot, but did not intervene, the neighbor having already gone to sleep elsewhere.

Near 21 (Argentina), the building on Erlanger Street, next to the Bologna forest, started to burn. It took more than five hours and the work of 250 firefighters to control the fire.

According to the firefighters' report, the flames spread at an unusual rate and "won". quickly the entire building, which ended up being devastated, to the point that technicians fear the collapse of the upper floors, the most affected.

In addition, two adjacent buildings had to be evacuated as a precaution.

Christophe Castaner, Minister of the Interior, said at the scene of the fire that eight firefighters had been injured during the task of extinguishing the fire and rescue that saved the lives of fifty people who, to escape the fire, crowded the windows and the street. the roof of the building.

Through the Twitter social network, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, sent his condolences to the relatives of the victims and paid tribute to the work of the firefighters.

This is the deadliest fire in the French capital since it was provoked in August 2006 in an old building in the 13th arrondissement, which killed 17 people, including 14 children, whose author has not been identified.

Five months earlier, 24 people had died as a result of the fire at a downtown immigration center, the largest in the capital after the Second World War.