Five children were among ten people killed overnight when a fire broke out in a seven-storey apartment building in a suburb of the eastern French city of Lyon, the local government has said
The cause of the fire was still unclear, authorities said, adding that the blaze erupted a little after 3am in Vaulx-en-Velin.
Two firefighters suffered light injuries while battling the blaze, which broke out on the ground floor of the building and spread upwards, they said.French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said an investigation into the cause of the fire will be opened.
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