Seven children between the ages of 2 and 14 died along with their mother overnight in a fire in a building in Charles-sur-Marne (Aisne), gendarmerie and firefighters said, AFP reported.

The father of the family, who suffered serious burns, was taken from the home in the center of the city of 2,600 and taken to a hospital, authorities added.

The children, five girls and two boys, as well as their parents were sleeping on the second floor of the house when the fire broke out, the gendarmerie reported. Firefighters were informed at 00:52 by a call from neighbors.

Four children were from the mother’s first marriage, the gendarmerie reported.

The fire was extinguished by the morning, the gendarmerie reported.

The latest such tragedy occurred on the night of December 15-16, 2022, when six people, including four children, died in a fire that broke out in a seven-story apartment building in a working-class area of ​​Vaux that was undergoing renovation. -en-Velin.

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