Overview
- The blaze, which broke out early Friday in a Pradettes social-housing block, left a 42-year-old man dead after he jumped to escape heavy smoke.
- Fire crews mobilized 38 firefighters who rescued seven people from smoke and evacuated 35 residents from the building.
- Injury counts reported by officials and local media now range from nine to eleven, with one to two people in critical condition and several treated for smoke inhalation.
- Investigators favor a deliberate start to the fire, citing a burning electric scooter found on a third-floor landing and witness accounts of two masked youths fleeing as police forensics examine the scene under a criminal case for causing death by dangerous means.
- About sixty residents displaced by the overnight fire are being hosted in a nearby community hall while the city and the social landlord assess temporary rehousing and await safety clearance to let families return.