Nathalie Kielwasser, deputy prosecutor for Colmar, said 11 people who were sleeping on the upper floor and in a mezzanine area of the private accommodation in the Alsacian town of Wintzenheim, in eastern France, were trapped by the fire, while five managed to escape.
Investigations are ongoing to determine the circumstances of the fire and whether the building met all the required safety standards, she said.
Lt. Col. Philippe Hauwiller, who was leading the rescue work of firefighters, said the fire likely started on the home’s upper floor.
The owner of the devastated home, who lives across the street, gave the alert, saw the fire and heard the screams, the deputy prosecutor said.
French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter: “In the face of this tragedy, my thoughts are with the victims, the injured and their families.
Mathieu Klein, the mayor of Nancy, where a group of the vacationers hailed from, insisted in an interview with BFM TV station that the tragedy should not put an end to such vacation excursions.
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Nathalie Kielwasser, deputy prosecutor for Colmar, said 11 people who were sleeping on the upper floor and in a mezzanine area of the private accommodation in the Alsacian town of Wintzenheim, in eastern France, were trapped by the fire, while five managed to escape.
Investigations are ongoing to determine the circumstances of the fire and whether the building met all the required safety standards, she said.
Lt. Col. Philippe Hauwiller, who was leading the rescue work of firefighters, said the fire likely started on the home’s upper floor.
The owner of the devastated home, who lives across the street, gave the alert, saw the fire and heard the screams, the deputy prosecutor said.
French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter: “In the face of this tragedy, my thoughts are with the victims, the injured and their families.
Mathieu Klein, the mayor of Nancy, where a group of the vacationers hailed from, insisted in an interview with BFM TV station that the tragedy should not put an end to such vacation excursions.
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