Dramatic event in Benet, in the south-east of Vendée, between Fontenay-le-Comte and Niort.
In the night from Sunday to Monday, a fire broke out in a house in the village.
A 97-year-old man managed to escape the flames by fleeing, with the help of neighbors, from a first-floor window.
His 69-year-old daughter, however, could not be rescued.
His lifeless body was found by firefighters.
Living in La Roche-sur-Yon, the victim spent the night in Benet after having presented a book co-written with his father a few hours earlier at a book fair, reports
Ouest-France
.
The house is heavily damaged.
A gendarmerie investigation was opened to determine the origin of the incident.
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