A mother and her three-year-old son were in critical condition after a fire that started on Wednesday in a building in Montereau-Fault-Yonne (Seine-et-Marne) and left ten others slightly injured, learned l 'AFP from concordant sources.
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The mother and her son in a state of " absolute emergency " were taken care of on the spot by the rescuers who tried to revive them, explained the firemen. The ten others more lightly injured were " poisoned by smoke," they added.
The fire broke out for an undetermined reason around 6.30 p.m. in an apartment on the 1st floor of a 7-storey building located in the city of Surville, said the prefecture of Seine-et-Marne and the firemen. The fire spread " very quickly " to the other floors, the firefighters said. When they arrived, " there was a lot of smoke in the common areas and the apartments " and the intervention was "difficult" with " several dozen rescues " which had to be carried out through the windows, added the firemen.
On Wednesday, another fire occurred in the Paris region, in a building in Epinay-sur-Seine (Seine-Saint-Denis), leaving ten injured, including a two-year-old child who was in " very serious condition ".