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Illegal Rap Video Shoot Near Lyon Ignites Apartment Fire With Mortar Blast

Prosecutors in Lyon have opened an inquiry into the illegal shoot that led to the blaze.

Overview

  • Masked participants fired mortar-style fireworks toward a police crew, with one projectile landing on a balcony and setting the building alight.
  • Around 39 residents were evacuated and sheltered, and authorities reported no fatalities.
  • Five apartments are unusable, including three destroyed and two heavily smoke-damaged, according to official tallies.
  • Roughly 70 firefighters contained the blaze, and both responders and police came under additional projectile attacks during the intervention.
  • Security was reinforced overnight as the regional prefect and the mayor met evacuees, and no arrests had been reported as of Monday.