Europe 1 with AFP 8:42 a.m., January 30, 2024
A fire in a seven-story building in a city in Marseille, Kalliste Park, left at least one dead this Tuesday morning. It is a seven year old child. Other victims are to be deplored, including several children in absolute emergency, according to information from Europe 1.
A seven-year-old child died Tuesday morning following a fire in a seven-story building in a city in Marseille and other people were injured, firefighters told AFP. "There was a fire in an apartment on the 2nd floor in a R+7 building (Editor's note: ground floor plus seven floors), a seven-year-old child died", in Kalliste Park, an impoverished city in the northern districts of France's second city, said a spokesperson for the firefighters on site.
“There are other victims,” he added, without being able to give the precise toll at this stage, nor the causes of the fire. According to information from Europe 1, between 4 and 6 children are in absolute emergency. The police also confirmed the fire in this building.
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