Lyon in shock after apartment block blaze kills 10, including children

Policemen guard a security perimeter as firefighters and rescuers work in a building of the Mas-Du-Taureau quarter where a fire caused many victims, including children, on December 16, 2022 in Vaulx-en-Velin. AFP - OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE

Five children were among 10 people killed overnight when a fire broke out in an apartment building in a suburb of the eastern French city of Lyon, local authorities said on Friday. 19 other people were injured, some remain in critical condition.

The fire broke out in a seven-storey building in the Mas du Taureau district in Vaulx-en-Velin, a town of nearly 50,000 inhabitants located near Lyon.