Three people died in the fire. The criminal brigade has been seized, the prosecution confirmed to franceinfo.
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The criminal trail is now favored after the autopsies carried out as part of the investigation into the fatal fire on rue de Charonne on Sunday evening, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, the Paris prosecutor’s office indicated to franceinfo on Tuesday April 9, confirming a information from BFMTV.
In total, three people died Sunday evening after this fire. Two bodies were discovered in the rubble while a third person died from a fall after trying to escape the flames via the balcony.
Initially entrusted to investigators from the 2nd Judicial Police District (DPJ), the criminal investigation opened for “destruction by fire or dangerous means” and “involuntary homicides” was reclassified as an investigation for “intentional homicide” and “voluntary destruction the property of others by a means dangerous to people”. She is now entrusted to the criminal brigade, indicates the prosecution. At this time, the victims have not been formally identified, continues the public prosecutor.
The fire broke out on Sunday evening, around 8:15 p.m., rue de Charonne in a home located on the 7th floor of a building which has eight floors. To put out the flames, 66 firefighters and 17 engines were involved.
