A fire was reported around 10 a.m. this morning in an apartment building on rue de Lyon, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Twenty minutes later, around thirty vehicles and 120 members of the Paris fire brigade intervened to contain the fire and rescue the three injured people.
Around 1 p.m., the fire was extinguished, Paris firefighters told Le
Figaro
, confirming information from BFM-TV.
On social networks, impressive images of the flames were broadcast during the morning.
Presumably occurring on the 4th floor of this building, the fire then spread to the 3rd floor, then to the upper floors, firefighters estimate based on initial findings.
The three injured are in
“relative emergency”
, they specify
.
The first report, which reported four injuries, was revised downwards.
The cause of the fire remains unknown and remains the subject of a police investigation.