The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
At least ten people, including five children, were killed this morning in a fierce fire in a social housing building in Vaulx-en-Velin, a popular neighborhood on the outskirts of Lyon. The French Interior Minister, Gérald, confirmed this on Friday. Darmanin.
“Obviously it’s a shock,” said Darmanin, specifying that the deceased minors would be between the ages of 3 and 15. In addition, four people are in serious condition and ten are slightly injured, including two firefighters, the Rhône prefecture said in a statement.
Around 03:12 in the morning, a report came in that a fire had broken out in a seven-storey apartment complex in Vaux-en Velin. At 3:25 p.m., the first fire trucks arrived at the scene of the accident. A total of 170 firefighters and 70 trucks have been deployed to extinguish the fire, which has already been extinguished, explains the Rhône prefecture.
At this time, the causes of the fire are unknown. A representative of the French Federation of Firefighters, David Annotel, explained to the television network BFMTV that the fire “would have started on the ground floor and jumped to the third floor” of the building.
The Minister of the Interior, who wants to go to Vaulx-en Velin this morning, expressed confidence that the open investigation will provide clarity about what happened and what the causes of the fire are.
Source: La Verdad
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