An apartment caught fire this Tuesday morning in the city of Parc Kalliste north of Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), Le Parisien learned from a police source.
The fire then spread to other homes.
A seven-year-old child died in the tragedy.
There are other victims, but the precise toll is currently unknown.
The fire broke out on the 2nd floor of a 7-story building, according to Marseille firefighters interviewed by AFP.
The fire would be accidental.
However, an investigation was entrusted to the police in order to determine the exact circumstances of the tragedy, Provence also details.
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At the end of December, a person died in an explosion followed by a fire in a building in downtown Marseille.
At least one other person was injured and had to be hospitalized with leg trauma.
Eight other people also had to be hospitalized.
Another fire also took place in the 7th arrondissement of Marseille at the beginning of December.