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Paris fire: 10 dead and many injured at apartment block
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The Paris prosecutor says it may have been deliberately started. Police have detained a female suspect. Paris fire: 10 dead and many injured at apartment block
Nine people including a baby have died in a fire at an eight-storey building in south-western Paris, fire service officials say.
More than 30 people - including six firefighters - were injured. One person is in a serious condition.
Fifty people were evacuated by ladders from the blaze in the upmarket 16th arrondissement.
The Paris prosecutor says it may have been deliberately started. Police have detained a female suspect.
French President Emmanuel Macron said that the country "had woken up to tragedy", and praised the fire services for their courage.
Rue Erlanger is a popular street close to the Parc des Princes soccer stadium.
The fire spread across the two floors of the 1970s building on Erlanger street shortly after 01:00 (00:00 GMT), forcing some residents to scramble on to nearby rooftops to escape the flames and smoke.
An eyewitness at the scene told France Télévision:
"The fire alarm went off at 00:30am a little after midnight, and smoke was everywhere already. I live on the 8th floor, the top floor, so I tried to pass from balcony to balcony to get away, And then, we huddled up in a corner, other people climbed up to where I was to escape the flames."
