PARIS: Dozens injured as about 200 firefighters tackle fire in 16th arrondissement in French capital.
Seven people died and another was seriously injured in a building fire in a wealthy Paris neighbourhood on Monday night, the fire service said.
“The toll could still increase because the fire is still in progress on the 7th and 8th floors” of the eight-storey block, a fire service spokesman said at the scene.
The blaze in the French capital’s trendy 16th arrondissement also left 27 people — including three firefighters — with minor injuries.
Some of those affected scrambled on to nearby roofs to escape the smoke and flames, and needed to be rescued by fire crews.
Fire service spokesman Clement Cognon told: “We had to carry out many rescues, including some people who had taken refuge on the roofs.”
Around 200 firefighters were still at the scene in the early hours of Tuesday, battling the blaze and treating the injured.
