the fire is extinguished and the final human toll

08:14 – The toll of the fire can still evolve

If Gérald Darmanin presented the human toll as definitive, the latter can still evolve since four victims placed in absolute emergency are between life and death. The number of victims, dead or injured, may still increase since the excavations of the Vaulx-en-Velin building will begin.

08:11 – Who are the victims of the Vaulx-en-Velin fire?

The victims of the Vaulx-en-Velin fire are almost all residents of the building that caught fire. The Minister of the Interior specified that the five children who died were between the ages of 3 and 15. Two firefighters are among the slightly injured victims.

08:07 – The origin of the Vaulx-en-Velin fire unknown

“It is too early to consider the origin” of the fire explained David Annotel of the federation of firefighters to BFM TV. It is up to the investigation to determine the cause of the fire starting in the middle of the night and on the ground floor of the seven-storey building in Vaulx-en-Velin. At this stage all avenues, accidental, voluntary or criminal are considered.

08:02 – The human toll is “definitive” according to Gérald Darmanin

The human toll from the Vaulx-en-Velin fire is “definitive” according to Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. Among the victims, the emergency services counted ten dead, including five children, but also four people in an absolute emergency and ten others slightly injured.

07:50 – The fire in Vaulx-en-Velin is extinguished

The Vaulx-en-Velin fire was declared extinguished shortly after seven o’clock just indicated one of the firefighters mobilized on the scene at the microphone of France info. The flames had been under control for 6 hours. The emergency services enter the “clearing” phase to inspect all areas of the burnt building and find the victims.

07:47 – Gérald Darmanin and Olivier Klein go to Vaulx-en-Velin

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and Housing Minister Olivier Klein are on their way to Vaulx-en-Velin to meet the emergency services and the inhabitants of the town.

07:40 – Ten dead including five children according to the provisional report

A few hours after the start of the fire in Vaulx-en-Velin, the provisional human toll is already heavy: ten people died, including five children. As for the injured, four people are in absolute emergency and ten others are slightly injured.

07:38 – The fire “would have started from the ground floor”

The fire “would have started from the ground floor” in the building of Vaulx-en-Velin explained David Annotel, of the federation of firefighters of France, on the set of BFM TV, this Friday morning. “[L’incendie] would have made a jump to the third floor, of a building which has a basement and seven upper floors”, he adds. The start of fire coming from the ground floor is “the whole of the building which will be affected by the disaster”, already affirms the firefighter.

07:36 – A fire breaks out in the middle of the night in Vauls-en-Velin

A fire broke out around 3:10 a.m. last night in a seven-storey apartment building in Vaulx-en-Velin, in the metropolis of Lyon (Rhône). The provisional toll is already heavy and the emergency services and firefighters are still on site to put out the fire. The flames of the fire have been under control since 6 a.m.