A three-year-old child is dead and his grandfather is in critical condition after a fire in a house near Lisieux

A three-year-old boy died Friday night in the fire of his parents' house near Lisieux (Calvados), the gendarmerie said Saturday. The fire broke out around 21H00 Friday and ravaged the floor of this house Rocques, according to the same source. Thirty-five firefighters responded to the scene and quickly controlled the fire.

Grandparents transported to the hospital

The boy's grandfather, aged 61, was transported by helicopter to the service of burn victims at the Saint-Louis hospital in Paris. The grandmother, the 21-year-old aunt and the 6-year-old brother of the victim were transported to the Lisieux hospital.