The fire is due to an "unsecured electrical connection".

An 18-month-old baby boy from a Roma family died Saturday in a caravan fire in Vertou, Loire-Atlantique, near Nantes, police said Monday.

Five other caravans burned

"This would be due to an unsecured electrical connection," said the gendarmes of Loire-Atlantique. Five other caravans burned next to the camp. An investigation was opened by the parquet of Nantes.