Paris’ deadliest fire in more than a decade claimed at least 10 lives, sending fleeing residents to the roof to escape the flames that engulfed their apartment building before dawn. “I want to salute the huge mobilisation of the Paris firefighters,” he said. A fire rages through the top floors of an apartment building in Paris (Benoit Moser/BSPP/AP)Prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters at the scene that authorities suspect it was a criminal act. Among the injured were at least eight firefighters, according to the Paris firefighters. The fire comes a month after a deadly explosion and blaze linked to a gas leak in a Paris bakery.

Source: Irish Independent February 05, 2019 11:03 UTC