Overview
- Authorities say the apartment fire, which broke out Saturday in a fourth-floor flat in Châtellerault, injured six people including two firefighters treated for smoke inhalation.
- Neighbors, alerted by smoke, tried to force the door, pulled two children from the unit, and found the third outside after she leapt to escape.
- The 2016-born girl was hospitalized in absolute emergency, a status used for the most critical cases, and her condition later improved with no immediate threat to life reported.
- Police opened an inquiry and assigned it to the Interdepartmental Directorate of the National Police (DIPN86) to determine the cause and any responsibility, with early findings indicating the children were alone.
- Fire crews evacuated the building, contained the flames to the apartment, and insurers are rehousing residents from two flats that remain inaccessible.