Fire in the suburbs of Paris: the number of victims has risen to 12

Half of them police officers.

The number of victims of fire that occurred Sunday evening in the Northern suburbs of Paris — Aubervilliers — thrown bottles with an incendiary mix has risen to 12, spokesman for the Fire service in Paris.

Earlier it was reported about four victims. A call to the fire brigade arrived about 20.30 local time (21.30 CET). The cause of the fire in the six-story building was a bottle with an incendiary mix.

As the correspondent of RIA Novosti, the members of the fire service arrived on the scene, managed to extinguish the fire.

“At the moment, two people in serious condition were sent to the hospital of San Louis, ten people were slightly injured, six of them police. One of the victims with minor injuries remained at the scene”, — told RIA Novosti the representative of the fire service.

According to one version, the cause of the fire was a robbery attempt, however, to date the police have not provided any official information about the causes of the incident.

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