The complete identification of the ten victims who died in the fire of a building in Vaulx-en-Velin (Rhône) on the night of Thursday to Friday revealed that they were six adults and four children, a- we learned on Sunday from the Lyon prosecutor’s office.
A previous toll reported five minors among the ten dead. Twenty-four people were also injured in the fire, four of them seriously.
“We confirm that we count among the ten deceased victims four children and six adults”, specified Sunday morning the parquet floor, questioned by AFP.
The latter added that no arrest had taken place since the opening of the investigation for “deliberate damage by fire resulting in death”.
“The investigation is actively continuing,” he concluded.
A rehousing unit for families who were victims of the fire
In a press release published this Sunday at the end of the followingnoon, the Rhône prefecture announces, as of tomorrow Monday December 19, 2022, in the morning, “a single rehousing unit, associating the State, the City of Vaulx-en- Velin, the Metropolis of Lyon and ABC HLM, will meet to ensure coordination between the housing offers listed and the needs of the families who will be received tomorrow followingnoon. »
“All the actors, the State, the City of Vaulx-en-Velin and the Metropolis of Lyon are totally committed to ensuring sustainable coordinated and personalized support for each of the families”, assures the predecision.
Cause of fire still under investigation
Saturday evening, the Lyon public prosecutor’s office had announced, in a press release, identification of all deceased victimswithout further details.
He had indicated that the expertise had still not allowed “to determine whether the origin of the fire (was) voluntary or accidental”.
“No trace of flammable product was detected in the samples taken from the scene of the incident,” he said.
Earlier in the followingnoon on Saturday, some 600 people had gathered on the forecourt of the Town Hall of Vaulx-en-Velinto pay tribute to the victims.
The fire occurred at 3 a.m. Friday morning in a seven-storey building, located in a popular district undergoing urban renewal.
The fire prompted residents to rush into the void, a woman having even thrown her son from the fourth floor to save his life, before jumping herself from her balcony, according to testimonies collected by AFP.
