Overview
- Firefighters found a 12-year-old girl in cardiac arrest during their intervention and a SMUR physician later declared her dead.
- The blaze began in a fourth-floor apartment in Pontault-Combault and roughly 30 firefighters were mobilized to bring it under control.
- After crews checked common areas and stabilized the scene, residents were allowed to return to the building.
- Initial reports wrongly identified an 8-year-old as the victim but searches confirmed that child was not in the flat and is safe.
- The regional interdepartmental fire service led the emergency response while local police will follow up to establish the fire’s cause and the full circumstances.