A fire in Nice, France killed seven, including children, as police investigate possible arson.
Firefighters work inside a residential building where a fire broke out overnight in a working-class neighbourhood in Nice, southern France, on July 18, 2024. – France’s Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced “Three individuals are being sought”, on July 18, 2024, during a press briefing at the site of a fire of probable criminal origin, which left seven people dead overnight in southern French city of Nice.
The apartment was occupied by a family believed to have Comoran origins, the regional prefect Hugues Moutouh said, referring to the southern African island nation.Rescuers were alerted at around 2:30 am to the blaze on the seventh floor of the building in the low-income neighbourhood of Les Moulins, known for being a drug-dealing hub, in the west of the city.
President Emmanuel Macron said he shared Nice’s “emotion” following the fire, posting on social media that his thoughts were “with the loved ones of those who died”. They said firefighters were confronted by a “raging apartment fire” on the seventh floor of the building. They carried out three aerial ladder rescues and evacuated dozens.“There were flames in the staircase and smoke was entering under the door,” said Soibrata, a resident on the building’s fifth floor.
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