A couple found dead on their bed in a burning house near Nice

The firefighters could only confirm their death.

A woman and a man in their 80s were found dead on their bed in their burning home on Tuesday morning in La Croix-sur-Roudoule, a village of around 100 people in the hinterland. Nice, we learned from the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis) of the Alpes-Maritimes.

The fire mobilized six machines and eleven firefighters.

"We think they were poisoned by the fumes but an investigation is underway," said Mayor Marie Martin, in

.

Criminal investigation technicians went to the scene to try to determine the origin of the tragedy.

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