Woman dies in Lyon apartment fire
A fire at a block in Lyon's 8th arrondissement killed a 56-year-old woman and left 2 other people with smoke-inhalation injuries on Monday morning.
A 56-year-old woman died in a fire at her flat in Lyon's 8th arrondissement on Monday morning, fire officials said, while 2 other people were treated for smoke inhalation.
Firefighters were called to the eight-storey building at 112 rue Professeur-Beauvisage, in the États-Unis neighbourhood, shortly after dawn. The blaze, which broke out on the second floor where the woman lived, was extinguished within about three-quarters of an hour. She was found in cardiac arrest and could not be revived, officials said.
Around fifty firefighters were sent to the scene, and about twenty residents of the building were affected. Crews finished clearing and monitoring the site by mid-morning. The cause of the fire has not yet been established, and an investigation has been opened.
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What we know
- 2+ outlets · Actu.fr, BFMTV A 56-year-old woman died in a fire in her flat at 112 rue Professeur-Beauvisage, Lyon 8th arrondissement, on Monday.
- 1 outlet · Actu.fr Firefighters were called out shortly after dawn; the blaze was extinguished within about three-quarters of an hour.
- 2+ outlets · Actu.fr, BFMTV 2 other residents suffered smoke-inhalation injuries.
- 1 outlet · Actu.fr The cause of the fire has not yet been established.
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Why it matters for Europe
The blaze broke out on the building's second floor and spread quickly enough to affect around twenty residents, showing how fast fire and smoke can move through a multi-storey block overnight, when residents are asleep and have little warning.
Sources
Reported by 3 reports from 3 independent outlets in 1 countries.
- Actu.fr: Lyon : une femme meurt dans l'incendie de son appartement, deux blessés à déplorer
- BFMTV: Une femme meurt dans l'incendie d'un immeuble à Lyon, deux autres personnes légèrement blessées
- Le Figaro: Nuisances sonores, tirs de mortiers et manque de policiers : tensions autour d’une rave party en plein centre de Lyon
- Actu.fr: Un homme grièvement blessé par des tirs dans le 7e arrondissement de Lyon : ce que l'on sait
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Questions and answers
- Where did the fire happen?
- At an eight-storey building at 112 rue Professeur-Beauvisage in Lyon's 8th arrondissement.
- How did the woman die?
- She was found in cardiac arrest in her second-floor flat and could not be revived, fire officials said.
- Is the cause of the fire known?
- No, an investigation has been opened to determine how the fire started.
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