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Paris: Firefighters are still searching for victims while trying to douse the flame in the residential building in Paris where a fire broke out on Tuesday morning. Eight people were killed and around 28 persons were injured in the fire in south-western Paris.

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8 killed in Paris fire

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Published : Feb 5, 2019, 1:19 PM IST

8 killed in Paris fire

There could be a rise in the death toll as the fire is still raging on the seventh and eighth floors of the eight-storey building, a fire service spokesperson said.

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The building where the fire broke out is about one kilometre from the Roland Garros stadium that hosts the French Open tennis tournament.

More than 200 firefighters and emergency workers are on the scene, Paris police said, and the street is blocked off.

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People in neighbouring buildings were also evacuated to avoid possible causalities.

8 killed in Paris fire

There could be a rise in the death toll as the fire is still raging on the seventh and eighth floors of the eight-storey building, a fire service spokesperson said.

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The building where the fire broke out is about one kilometre from the Roland Garros stadium that hosts the French Open tennis tournament.

More than 200 firefighters and emergency workers are on the scene, Paris police said, and the street is blocked off.

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People in neighbouring buildings were also evacuated to avoid possible causalities.

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY
SHOTLIST:
FIREFIGHTERS HANDOUT - AP CLIENTS ONLY
Paris - 5 February 2019
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1, Wide of fire in building
2. Wide of firefighter climbing a ladder to rescue a resident
3. Mid of fire
4. Tracking of firefighters at building complex
5. Mid of a firefighter and resident climbing down a ladder
6. Close-up of firefighters
7. Wide of firefighters at the top of a ladder
8. Wide of firefighter and top of building on fire
9. Tilt-up from firefighter spraying water to building fire
10. Wide of building fire
11. Tracking of firefighter escorting a resident
12. Harnessed man scaling down the facade of building
13. Various of fire being extinguished
14. Firefighters walking inside building complex
15. Wide of building fire
16. Various of firefighters tackling blaze
17. Various of building fire
18. Various of firefighters inside building
19. Firefighters by fire engine
STORYLINE:
At least seven people were killed and 28 others injured in a fire in a residential building in Paris early Tuesday, French authorities said.

Firefighters were still searching for other victims and working to extinguish the blaze, which is thought to have broken out in the eight-storey apartment building on Rue Erlanger in the 16th arrondissement, or district.
The cause of the blaze is unclear.

The building is about one kilometre (less than a mile) from the Roland Garros stadium that hosts the French Open tennis tournament, and close to the popular Bois de Boulogne park on the city's western edge. The 16th arrondissement is one of the most high-end and calmest districts of Paris.

More than 200 firefighters and emergency workers were on the scene, Paris police said, and the street was blocked off.
People in neighbouring buildings were also evacuated.
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