VIDEO: Blaze engulfs Paris apartment block
Scores of firefighters spent the early hours of Friday morning tackling a huge blaze that ripped through an apartment block in the centre of Paris. See images and a video of the fire here.
Residents at the block on Boulevard de Sebastopol in the 4th Arrondissement of the capital called firefighters at around 5.10am to report that a fire had taken hold of the building.
According to Le Parisien around 150 firefighters were sent out to deal with the blaze that quickly spread throughout the sixth floor block, at a time when residents were asleep in their beds.
Around 20 of them were evacuated with three of those admitted to hospital, where their condition is not believed to be life-threatening.
It took firefighters around two hours to extinguish the blaze, according to witnesses living near the block, one of whom, a student named Maurine, captured the fire in several images and a video seen below.
Due to the fire there was widespread disruption to traffic on Fruiday morning in the area around Boulevard de Sebastopol.
(Video captured by a student named Maurine @MaurineB2)
Incendie Boulevard Sebastopol depuis 5h du matin #incendie #fire #paris @BFMTV pic.twitter.com/IJr1FiMOlY
— Maurine (@MaurineB2) December 20, 2013
Deux heures après, ce n'est pas fini ! 200 pompiers et 5 blessés. #incendie #sebastopol #paris pic.twitter.com/DrTakwIrCM
— Maurine (@MaurineB2) December 20, 2013
@TheLocalFrance Oui les pompiers sont toujours là mais le feu semble éteint pic.twitter.com/gKaDglfsE7
— Maurine (@MaurineB2) December 20, 2013
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Residents at the block on Boulevard de Sebastopol in the 4th Arrondissement of the capital called firefighters at around 5.10am to report that a fire had taken hold of the building.
According to Le Parisien around 150 firefighters were sent out to deal with the blaze that quickly spread throughout the sixth floor block, at a time when residents were asleep in their beds.
Around 20 of them were evacuated with three of those admitted to hospital, where their condition is not believed to be life-threatening.
It took firefighters around two hours to extinguish the blaze, according to witnesses living near the block, one of whom, a student named Maurine, captured the fire in several images and a video seen below.
Due to the fire there was widespread disruption to traffic on Fruiday morning in the area around Boulevard de Sebastopol.
(Video captured by a student named Maurine @MaurineB2)
Incendie Boulevard Sebastopol depuis 5h du matin #incendie #fire #paris @BFMTV pic.twitter.com/IJr1FiMOlY
— Maurine (@MaurineB2) December 20, 2013 Deux heures après, ce n'est pas fini ! 200 pompiers et 5 blessés. #incendie #sebastopol #paris pic.twitter.com/DrTakwIrCM
— Maurine (@MaurineB2) December 20, 2013 @TheLocalFrance Oui les pompiers sont toujours là mais le feu semble éteint pic.twitter.com/gKaDglfsE7
— Maurine (@MaurineB2) December 20, 2013
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