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TEHRAN, Feb 05 - In an overnight blaze happened at an apartment in Paris on Monday eight people lost their lives, AFP reported.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Being one of the most deadly in the French capital in years, the fire was flaming on the top floors of an eight-storey building in the rue Erlanger in the wealthy 16th district of southwest Paris.
Described as a "scene of incredible violence", the blaze left around 30 people injured among them six were firefighters.
The fire started at about 1:00 am (00:00 GMT) and was finally brought under control more than five hours later by around 200 firefighters.
Fire service spokesman Captain Clement Cognon told AFP at the scene overnight that "the toll could still increase" because firefighters were yet to search the upper floors of the eight-storey block, "where the fire was the most violent".
Several streets were cordoned off by police and fire crews, and an AFP journalist said a strong smell of smoke hung in the air.
The blaze follows a fire caused by a powerful gas explosion last month that killed four people in the city's central 9th arrondissement.
Source: AFP
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