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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => General Interest => Topic started by: John Webb on August 06, 2016, 12:08:59 PM

Title: Fire in French bar kills 13 and injures 6
Post by: John Webb on August 06, 2016, 12:08:59 PM

Report from the BBC at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36995155 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36995155)

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A fire during a birthday party at a bar in the northern French city of Rouen has killed at least 13 people and injured six.

Candles on a birthday cake started the fire at the Cuba Libre bar, which began around midnight on Saturday.

The polystyrene ceiling of the basement room where the celebration was taking place caught fire, according to AFP.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said more than 50 firefighters were called to the fire.

An inquiry is now under way, he said.

The BBC report includes some photos of the bar exterior.

Title: Re: Fire in French bar kills 13 and injures 6
Post by: JT on August 06, 2016, 02:32:11 PM

It would appear the bar on the ground floor caught fire (candles ignited polystyrene ceilings/walls etc) with the fatalities occurring in or from persons in the basement. So likely to not have had a protected basement staircase.

Title: Re: Fire in French bar kills 13 and injures 6
Post by: JT on August 07, 2016, 07:07:35 PM

Another article states:

"a birthday cake with candles and sparklers fell to the floor and set the carpet ablaze in the basement"