"There wasn't an explosion, it was candles used for a birthday party," a senior police official told AFP. Photo: AFPAFP · 6 Aug 2016, 09:16Published: 06 Aug 2016 09:16 GMT+02:00At least 13 people were killed and six injured in an accidental fire early Saturday during a birthday party at a bar in the northern French city of Rouen, officials said. The blaze in Rouen was France's deadliest since September 2005 when an apartment building fire in the Paris suburb of L'Hay-les-Roses killed 18 people. Jittery France is on edge after a series of recent attacks by Islamic State-affiliated jihadists, including the killing of a priest in nearby Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray. The blaze, which was France's deadliest in a decade, was sparked by the candles of a birthday cake.

Source: The Local August 06, 2016 07:07 UTC