Several local residents said that the fire had been started because of a dispute between neighbours in the block. By AFPMore by this AuthorPARISAt least 10 people died and 30 were injured in an overnight blaze at an apartment block in Paris that police are treating as possible arson, officials said Tuesday. "We'll let the police give further information, but it's one of the possibilities being examined by investigators," deputy mayor of Paris Emmanuel Gregoire told RTL radio. "France is waking up with emotion after the fire on the rue Erlanger in Paris," President Emmanuel Macron tweeted. Fire service spokesman Captain Clement Cognon told AFP that firefighters were yet to fully search the upper floors of the block.

Source: Daily Nation February 05, 2019 11:03 UTC