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Seven
dead in blaze at French foreign-worker housing complex
Sunday November 14, 2010 07:48:58 PM,
DPA
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Paris:
At least seven men died early Sunday in a blaze at a residence for
foreign workers in eastern France.
Four people were also seriously injured, while another 130
sustained minor injuries.
"They are mostly people who had to be treated for smoke
inhalation," Jean-Louis Marc of the CODIS dispatch centre told
journalists.
Three firefighters also received medical attention, he said.
The fire started around 1:30 a.m. (1230 GMT) in a refuse container
outside the nine-storey building in the city of Dijon. Its cause
was not immediately known. Prosecutors are investigating whether
arson was involved or if the fire was an accident.
"Firefighters were called because a garbage bin on a public way
was burning," Marc said.
But when they arrived on the scene 10 minutes later, they found
the whole facade of the building on fire, with flames rapidly
eating their way through insulation. Some residents jumped out of
windows in a desperate attempt to escape.
Thick smoke complicated the rescue effort, which involved just
under 100 firefighters.
Authorities have set up a shelter in a gymnasium to house the
residents evacuated from the building.
Unlike previous fires at French foreign-worker housing complexes,
the building involved was a modern high rise, not a run-down or
dilapidated dwelling.
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