A woman and her seven children between the ages of 2 and 14 died in a fire at the family’s home in northern France on Monday, police and emergency services said.
The fire broke out after midnight in the town of Charly-sur-Marne, which is located around eight miles east of Paris.
Neighbors reported the fire shortly before 1 a.m.
The woman’s husband, father of three of the children, was seriously injured and has been taken to hospital.