Name: Anonymous 2005-09-04 12:03
A suspected arson fire tore through a recently renovated high-rise apartment building south of Paris early Sunday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 16, officials said.
The blaze, the fourth deadly fire in the Paris area since April, broke out in the entrance hall of a 18-storey housing project in the Val-de-Marne region south of the capital, the local fire brigade said.
The government has announced a series of measures including the planned construction of new housing and the eviction of squatters from buildings considered fire hazards in the wake of three other blazes in Paris since April that killed 48 people - mostly African immigrants.
Associated Press,
Paris
The blaze, the fourth deadly fire in the Paris area since April, broke out in the entrance hall of a 18-storey housing project in the Val-de-Marne region south of the capital, the local fire brigade said.
The government has announced a series of measures including the planned construction of new housing and the eviction of squatters from buildings considered fire hazards in the wake of three other blazes in Paris since April that killed 48 people - mostly African immigrants.
Associated Press,
Paris