US EditionSuspected arson attack in Nice kills 7 including children
- A suspected arson attack in Nice has resulted in seven fatalities, including three children aged 5, 7, and 10, and a 17-year-old male.
- The victims, consisting of three children and three adults, were all members of the same family of Comorian origin, as stated by Hugues Moutouh.
- Police are investigating the fire for a possible "criminal" cause, according to Nice prosecutor Damien Martinelli.
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Arson suspected in fire that killed 7 in France
An apartment building blaze early Thursday killed seven people in the southern French city of Nice and police were investigating the fire as a possible arson, authorities said. The dead include three children — 5, 7 and 10 years old — and a 17-year-old who tried to escape by jumping from a window, they added. The apartment was occupied by a family believed to have Comoran origins, the regional prefect Hugues Moutouh said, referring to the southe…
Police began searching for three suspects on Thursday after a fire at an apartment building in Nice in southern France killed seven people, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said.
After the fire that claimed the lives of seven people in Nice, firefighter Patrick Chavada explains to “Libération” how a fire moves in a building, why it can start from the 2nd floor but only ravage the 7th and how to react to this type of disaster.
REPORT - While three individuals, probably drug traffickers, are still wanted, neighbours and friends of the victims gathered in front of the scene of the tragedy on Thursday.
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