Mother, 7 children die in house fire in France

By Online News of India Published on Feb 7, 2023

PARIS, Nov. 17, 2019 (Xinhua) -- A fireman works at the scene where cars are set on fire by Yellow Vest demonstrators at Place d'Italie in the 13th arrondissement, Paris, France, Nov. 16, 2019. Violence erupted Saturday in Paris where Yellow Vests movement staged a fresh action to mark its first anniversary amid continued social unrest over President Emmanuel Macron's economic reforms. (Photo by Kong Fan/Xinhua/IANS)

France : A mother and her seven children aged between 2 and 14 died in a house fire in France’s northern department of Aisne, the local prefecture confirmed in a press release.

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Just after midnight on Monday, the blaze ripped through a two-story house in the city of Charly-sur-Marne, Xinhua news agency reported. A firefighter could rescue a severely burnt man, who was immediately taken to a nearby hospital, the prefecture said, adding that his condition was not life-threatening.

However, the rescue teams found eight dead bodies – that of a woman in her 40s and her seven children.The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

In 2013, five children aged between 2 and 9 were killed in a fire in Saint-Quentin, also in the department of Aisne, local media reported.