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3 killed in fire in Paris suburb

Published : 19 Aug 2023, 23:09

  DF News Desk
File Photo Xinhua.

A fire broke out Saturday morning in an apartment building in the northern suburb of Paris, killing 3 people and injuring 19 others, including 4 firefighters, reported Xinhua.

"This morning around 9:30 am (0730 GMT), a violent fire broke out in Rue de la Commune de Paris in Ile-Saint-Denis from the 9th floor to the 12th floor of a residential building," the Prefecture of Seine-Saint-Denis said.

Speaking to local media, Jacques Paris, deputy mayor of Ile-Saint-Denis, said that the building already suffered a fire in 2021 in the stairwell, but no one was injured.