The fire destroyed a seven-storey residential building in the Volks-en-Velen district of eastern Lyon. Authorities said the fire broke out at 3 p.m. Friday.
Among the deaths confirmed so far are at least five children. Four people sustained injuries described as critical or life-threatening. Several others were injured.
says Reza, who lives in the neighborhood BFM TV That his ten-year-old son woke him up in the middle of the night. The son heard the neighbors screaming. Visibly affected, Reza said in a television interview that he heard people trapped inside the burning house crying out for help.
– A father shouting “My children, my children,” “Save my children, my children,” he says.
– It’s really dramatic. My legs are shaking.
The cause of the fire is still unknown, writes the head of the rune department in One press release. 170 firefighters initially responded to the first alerts.
A firefighter told BFM TV that the fire started on the ground floor and then spread through the house, floor by floor.
A number of people have died in a fire in a high-rise apartment building in Lyon. Photo: Johan Hallnäs/TT
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