Eight dead in Paris apartment fire

AFP, PARIS: A fire in an apartment building in northern Paris early yesterday that killed eight people, including two children, might have been started intentionally, officials said.
The blaze in the 18th district of the French capital took more than 100 firefighters to contain it. Criminal investigators have taken over the probe after it emerged the fire—the deadliest in Paris since 2005 -- broke out in two separate places in the building.
A spokesman for the interior ministry, Pierre-Henry Brandet, said: “It’s clear that when you have two (firefighter) call-outs in the same night ... this could be a malicious act.”

Eight dead in Paris apartment fire

AFP, PARIS: A fire in an apartment building in northern Paris early yesterday that killed eight people, including two children, might have been started intentionally, officials said. The blaze in the 18th district of the French capital took more than 100 firefighters to contain it. Criminal investigators have taken over the probe after it emerged the firethe deadliest in Paris since 2005 -- broke out in two separate places in the building. A spokesman for the interior ministry, Pierre-Henry Brandet, said: Its clear that when you have two (firefighter) call-outs in the same night ... this could be a malicious act.