05/02/2019
05/02/2019

Paris’ deadliest fire in over a decade claimed 10 lives Tuesday, sending fleeing residents to the roof as flames engulfed their apartment building before dawn.
A 40-year-old female resident of the building, said to have a history of psychiatric problems, was arrested as police opened an investigation into voluntary arson resulting in death.
French officials said she was drunk when she was apprehended on the street near the eight-story building in the quiet neighborhood. It is the deadliest fire in Paris since the April 2005 hotel fire near the capital’s famed Opera that killed 24 people.
Interior Minister Christophe Castaner was on the scene Tuesday morning, as plumes of smoke speckled the sky. “I want to salute the huge mobilization of the Paris firefighters,” he said. “More than 250 people arrived immediately and, throughout the night, saved over 50 people in truly exceptional conditions.” Firefighters rescued some people from the roof as well as others who had clambered out of windows to escape the flames. (AP)