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29 March 2024

2 kids, woman killed in French chalet fire

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By AFP

A woman and two children, aged seven and eight, died in a blaze at a chalet in southern France overnight Friday, the local fire chief said, with the cause of the blaze unknown.

The fire broke out before midnight in the lightweight chalet-type building in the town of Carces in the coastal Var region.

A 45-year-old man, who said he was the husband and father of the victims, sounded the alarm but the chalet was burnt to the ground by the time the fire services could get there.

The man was in good health but was taken to a nearby hospital in Brignoles for observation, said Brignoles fire chief Eric Lavagna.

"The building was a light structure and was destroyed very quickly," he said.

The blaze was brought under control around 2:00 am Saturday (midnight GMT).