Val d’Oise. 13-year-old girl dies in house fire

A 13-year-old girl died on Monday in a fire that broke out in a nine-story building in Garges-lès-Gonesse (Val-d’Oise).

During the evacuation of the occupants of the building, a young girl “was missing and was found dead on the upper floors,” said a source close to the investigation.

Twenty-nine people were treated for injuries. They were evacuated to a gymnasium in the town.

Cause of fire unknown

The alert was given around 1 p.m. by a resident of the building. The fire started in a third-floor apartment and spread to two neighboring apartments. It was extinguished shortly after 2 p.m. and mobilized 120 firefighters.

The cause of the fire is currently unknown.

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