Two Dead in Montreuil Apartment Fire as Mayor Calls It Femicide

Overview

• An apartment fire in Montreuil left a woman dead after a window jump and a man dead inside, in what the mayor called a femicide, though police had not yet confirmed their relationship.
• Witnesses said the woman shouted from a window that she was locked in and that the man had taken the keys as smoke filled the hallway.
• Paris firefighters reported heavy smoke on arrival, deployed about ten engines, and extinguished the blaze roughly 45 minutes after they reached the building.
• The Seine-Saint-Denis judicial police opened an inquiry and called in the central police laboratory, with the fire’s origin still undetermined.
• Montreuil and the public housing provider set up psychological support for residents and began repairs to damaged doors in nearby apartments.