Fire claims 3 lives in France

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IANS Paris
Last Updated : Sep 12 2016 | 6:57 PM IST

Two men were found dead on Monday morning by firefighters in the northern French city of Lille.

The firefighters were extinguishing a fire in the basement of a house in Haubourdin following a smoke alert, EFE news cited a local media report as saying.

An old women was also found dead on Sunday in another fire at a nursing home on the outskirts of Paris.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement that a woman had died and three others were injured in a fire that occurred on Sunday night in a room on the third floor of a nursing home.

Cazenveuve paid his condolences to the families of the deceased and wished the injured a speedy recovery.

--IANS

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First Published: Sep 12 2016 | 6:46 PM IST

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