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Fire in Normandy Bar Kills at Least 13, French Police Say Fire in Normandy Bar Kills at Least 13, French Police Say
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PARIS — A fire swept through a bar in northern France early Saturday, killing at least 13 people and injuring six others, the police and the interior minister said.PARIS — A fire swept through a bar in northern France early Saturday, killing at least 13 people and injuring six others, the police and the interior minister said.
The fire broke out at a birthday party at the bar in the city of Rouen in the Normandy region. The fire broke out after midnight at a birthday party at the Cuba Libre bar in the city of Rouen, in the Normandy region.
The interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said that more than 50 firefighters were called to the scene in the center of Rouen after the fire started about midnight. More than 80 firefighters battled the blaze, Rouen’s mayor, Yvon Robert, said after it was extinguished.
A judicial inquiry has been opened to determine the cause. The fire was “totally accidental,” Mr. Robert told Europe 1 radio, mentioning a possible gas explosion “from the heat in a basement room doubtless too small for the number of people present.”
The website Paris-Normandie reported that a local deputy prosecutor, Laurent Labadie, said that the fire appeared to have been the result of an accident. It was not known how many people had been at the club. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said a judicial investigation had been opened to discover the cause of the blaze.