A major fire broke out on Thursday afternoon in a building in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, near Montparnasse, causing the death of one person,
BFMTV
reported
.
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About twenty firefighters were mobilized to extinguish the fire that broke out in this 25m² apartment located on the fourth floor of a building on rue Antoine-Bourdelle. The flames spread through the attic and roof, before being brought under control around 4 p.m. "
A person who died before the arrival of help
" was however found in the courtyard of the building, firefighters said on Twitter.
