Ten people, including five children, have been killed in a fire in an apartment building near Lyon, France, the BBC reports.
At 06:30 (05:30 GMT), French police released a statement saying that a “sizeable fire” broke out in a seven-storey block of flats in Vaulx-en-Velin.
As well as giving the number of dead, they said four people were in a critical condition and 10 others had reported minor injuries.
They said 170 firefighters were sent to the scene at 03:25 (02:25 GMT) and had extinguished the fire.
