Eight people were injured during the night from Saturday to Sunday in the fire at a migrant center north of Paris.

Five were taken to hospital, said a spokesman for the fire department.

A total of 360 people were evacuated.

A fire that broke out overnight from Saturday to Sunday in a migrant home north of Paris left eight people injured, five of whom were taken to hospital, a firefighter spokesperson told AFP. .

360 people evacuated

The fire, now under control, broke out on the first floor, at the level of the collective kitchens, before spreading to the 2nd and 3rd floors of this home located on rue Marc Séguin, in the 18th arrondissement of the capital, said this holder. word.

Eight people were injured, in relative urgency, five of whom had to be taken to hospital.

Some 360 ​​people were evacuated and the hundred firefighters present on site intervened to come to the aid of ten residents of the building, trapped by the flames, using large ladders in particular.