The Associated Press
PARIS — Firefighters say a fire in a housing project in a Paris suburb has killed five people and left 29 injured.
Paris fire department spokesman Florent Hivert says two children and three adults died in the blaze that broke out in a stairwell before dawn Monday in a 10-story building in the suburb of Sevran.
Hivert said on RTL radio that firefighters rescued 18 people from the building.
The administrative headquarters for the Seine-Saint-Denis region northeast of Paris says 15 of those hurt were hospitalized, and that about 100 firefighters were called to the scene.
Police are investigating the cause of the fire.