Two fatal fires took place on the night of Monday April 29 to Tuesday April 30 in Paris, Agence France-Presse (AFP) learned from police sources and the capital's prosecutor's office.
Three people were found dead shortly before 8 a.m. in an apartment located in the attic on the seventh floor of a building on Boulevard des Italians (2nd arrondissement), in the center of the capital. According to initial findings, the fire broke out between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Tuesday.
The victims “were unable to get out through the window because of the anti-intrusion bars to prevent burglaries coming from the roof,” the mayor of Paris Center, Ariel Weil, told AFP. “Around ten other people housed on the same floor were saved by firefighters who intervened through the roof,” he added.
According to Mr. Weil and the police source, the possibility of a gas leak causing the fire is being considered. An investigation was opened and entrusted to the Paris Center police station, the prosecution reported to AFP.
One person dead in the 15th arrondissement
The Paris public prosecutor's office has been notified of another fatal fire, which occurred in the 15th arrondissement, in the southwest of the capital. “A person aged around sixty was found dead, another is in absolute emergency and two are in relative emergency,” detailed the prosecution.
The dead person is a woman, according to another police source, who specifies that “the fire appears to have started” in her home. An investigation into the causes of death and injuries was entrusted to the 15th arrondissement police station.
