By Peter McLaren-Kennedy • 16 December 2022 • 8:12
According to local authorities, 10 people have been confirmed dead, five of those children, and 14 have suffered injuries. Forensics teams are due on the scene later today, which may result in further bodies being found.
Among the injured are two firefighters, with four people said to have suffered life-threatening injuries.
The fire was extinguished at some 65 emergency vehicles attended the fire along with 170 firefighters.
JUST IN: #BNNFrance Reports. Ten people were killed, including five children aged three to fifteen, when a fire broke out at a residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin, near Lyon, on Friday morning, according to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin @GDarmanin.#France #Accident pic.twitter.com/Vp2pasejoy — Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (@gchahal) December 16, 2022
JUST IN: #BNNFrance Reports.
Ten people were killed, including five children aged three to fifteen, when a fire broke out at a residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin, near Lyon, on Friday morning, according to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin @GDarmanin.#France #Accident pic.twitter.com/Vp2pasejoy
— Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (@gchahal) December 16, 2022
The fire broke out in an apartment block in the town of Vaulx-en-Velin, near Lyon according to a report by news site La Vanguardia on Friday, December 16.
Some 160 firefighters have been on the scene trying to extinguish the blaze.
Although authorities have confirmed the fire, no further details have been provided, with the cause of the fire or the total number of dead and injured not yet known.
At least 10 people killed and 14 injured, including four in critical condition, after fire at apartment building in Vaulx-en-Velin, France, overnight https://t.co/6ZAzGaMZ5S — Factal News (@factal) December 16, 2022
At least 10 people killed and 14 injured, including four in critical condition, after fire at apartment building in Vaulx-en-Velin, France, overnight https://t.co/6ZAzGaMZ5S
— Factal News (@factal) December 16, 2022
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