PARIS: Four people were killed in an “extremely violent” blaze seemingly caused by a battery-powered electric scooter that tore through a 10-story housing block in Reims, the capital of France's Champagne region, authorities said Saturday. A 13-year-old jumped to his death from the 4th-floor apartment where the fire started in the early hours of Friday and a burned body found inside is believed to be that of his older brother, aged 15, said Reims prosecutor François Schneider. An 87-year-old woman and her 59-year-old son who lived on the 8th floor suffocated to death in the smoke, he said.

Le feu, qui s’est déclaré au quatrième étage d’une tour d’habitation du quartier Croix-Rouge, a fait quatre victimes, dont deux adolescents. L’origine du départ de feu est…

PARIS: Four people were killed in an “extremely violent” blaze seemingly caused by a battery-powered electric scooter that tore through a 10-story housing block in Reims, the…

Fierce blaze was ‘like a scene of war’ say emergency services as experts renew warnings over dangers of battery-powered vehicles

The blaze in Reims, 80 miles north-east of Paris, was so fierce that dozens of firefighters took several hours to get it under control.