Probe to be opened into fatal fire at Vaulx-en-Velin in France - Interior Minister

Probe to be opened into fatal fire at Vaulx-en-Velin in France - Interior Minister
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French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said a probe would be opened after a fire broke out on Friday morning at a residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin, near the French city of Lyon, killing 10 people, including five children aged between 3-15.

"We do not know the cause of the fire..there are several scenarios and a probe will be opened," Darmanin said, adding he was in touch with President Emmanuel Macron over the incident.

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