Ten people, including five children, have been killed in a fire outbreak Friday morning at a residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin, near the French city of Lyon, the authorities said.
Another four people are in a critical condition while 10 others, including two firefighters, have been injured.
The local authority for the Lyon/Rhone region said the fire was first reported at 3:12am to emergency services and by 3.25am around 170 firefighters and 65 fire trucks were at the site.
Emergency services reported that the fire broke out in a seven-storey apartment block in the Mas du Taureau neighbourhood.
Authorities said the cause of the fire is still unknown at this stage.
In February 2019, an apartment building in French capital, Paris was also gutted by fire killing 10 people and injuring at 31 people including 6 firefighters.
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