Seven people, including three children, died in a fire in a building in the French city of Nice

the fire that started this morningor seven people killed, including three children and a teenagerThe incident in the Les Moulins neighbourhood of the city of Nice is being investigated as an act of provocation, prosecutor Damien Martinelli announced.

“Criminal traces are being considered,” Martinelli said briefly next to the damaged building, adding that an investigation into the charge of voluntary arson causing death has been opened.

The prosecutor did not elaborate on what evidence points to voluntary authorship, but said experts from the Marseille police laboratory “are about to arrive at the crime scene to investigate.”

Fire Fighting They received a fire alert at 2.30am this morning and sent significant resources to the scene, but “unfortunately seven people were killed,” a spokesperson said.

there was a fire in seventh floor A residential building in the Moulins neighborhood collapsed for reasons that are still unknown.

Deputy Mayor of Nice, Anthony SacksAs he told the station, he directly pointed to drug trafficking as a possible origin of the fire France Information“If, as I think, it is due to drug trafficking, it will require a strong and unprecedented response from the state,” he added.

The authorities have set up a Psychological help As for the neighbors, and even “the national police are impressed by what they have seen,” he indicated.

Borre pointed out that the neighborhood of Les Moulins It is an area that has been undergoing renovating since 2009 but in the last two years drug trafficking gangs have become established who use young people “as labor,” forcing the use of private security guards in some buildings.

Deputy Eric Ciotti has reported this balance and said that one person is in critical condition, while three others have suffered smoke poisoning. He indicated through his profile on the social network X, “Extremely shocked after the terrible fire.”

In addition to the deaths, Three people have been admitted to the hospitalOne with “absolute urgency” and the other two with “relative urgency”.

Upon arriving at the scene, emergency teams found a “massive fire in an apartment” located on the seventh floor of the building. There, they rescued 36 people, according to their report.