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Fire in wealthy Paris district kills seven, 30 injured

Fire in wealthy Paris district kills seven, 30 injured

By Himalayan News Service

Emergency vehicles line a street where a residential building had caught fire in Paris, France, February 5, 2019, in this still image taken from a social media video. Photo: Pierre-Alexandre Vezinet/via Reuters

  • Fire under control
  • 7 dead, around 30 injured
  • Cause of fire not known 
PARIS: A fire in a Paris apartment building killed at least seven people and injured around 30 in the early hours of Tuesday, authorities said. The blaze at an eight-storey building in the city's fashionable 16th district was brought under control by firefighters. French television showed video of flames emerging from windows of the building. Authorities said they were investigating the cause of the fire. The incident comes less than a month after a gas blast in central Paris killed four people.