At least seven dead in apartment fire in Nice

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At least seven people, including three children and a teenager, were killed when a fire broke out in the French city of Nice in the early hours of Thursday.

The local prosecutor said authorities are investigating the incident as arson.

The fire broke out at around 2:30 a.m. on the seventh and top floor of an apartment block in the Moulins district in the west of the city.

A total of 25 fire engines and 72 firefighters were called to fight the fire.

One person was seriously injured and taken to hospital, and at least two others suffered “relatively acute” injuries.

According to the Prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes, Hugues Moutouh, the apartment was inhabited by “a family of obvious Comorian origin.” At the time of the fire, “10 people were inside,” he added.