Paris: Investigate the fact that the fire that caused 9 deaths is intentional – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

The number of deaths in the morning fire in Paris rose to nine, claiming that the authorities considered intentional and where about thirty people were injured, according to the latest data provided by the firefighters.

The authorities added that it was not a definitive balance because some of the wounded are serious and continue to search the property located in the west of Paris and which was devastated. by the flames, reported the EFE news agency.

Until now, the work is based on the thesis that it is a criminal arson. A 40-year-old woman, a resident of the building and with a history of psychiatric problems, was arrested shortly after the fire was declared, the prosecutor said. Paris, Rémy Heitz.

"At present, the criminal thesis has more weight," said the media attorney, who went to the scene of the incident.

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

Through the Twitter social network, French President Emmanuel Macron offered his condolences to the relatives of the victims and thanked the firefighters.

The fire was declared around 1 am (yesterday 21 in Argentina) on the second floor of a 70s building, in good condition, located rue Erlanger, near the forest of Boulogne, one of the lungs. green of the city.

The flames quickly spread through the courtyard into the building, preventing firefighters from deploying their escalators, making it difficult to rescue neighbors.

These were carried out with the aid of manual scales, which allowed the firefighters to rescue fifty people, according to the Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner, who went to on site.

Six of them were injured in these tasks, involving 250 firefighters, who managed to control the flames after five hours of work.