Fourteen Killed in Another Paris Fire; Arson Suspected

The third fire in ten days hit Paris last night. Fourteen died in what the Police suspect to be an arson attack.

From telegraph.co.uk:

"Fourteen people have died in a suspected arson attack in an apartment block in Paris, the third major blaze in the French capital in just over a week, police said.

The death toll, which stands at 14, is expected to rise
Two children were among the victims, most of whom were killed by smoke and fumes, and at least 13 people were hurt in the fire in the 18-storey building in the southern suburbs of the capital, a police spokesman said.
'The official toll is 14 dead but the toll is unfortunately going to rise,' he said.
Local officials said they suspected the fire was started deliberately in a letter box in the entrance of the building, and were looking for four young people seen in the hallway just before the blaze started.
'The first indications point to a fire caused by a criminal act,' said Patrick Seve, mayor of the L'Hay-les-Roses district where the fire broke out around 1am.
Many victims were choked or suffocated by the fumes in extremely high temperatures after opening their doors. People who stayed in their apartments were safe.
Unlike the two other fires in the past 10 days, the blaze did not sweep through rundown housing for immigrants but was in a low cost social apartment block known as an HLM, housing about 800 people in 110 flats. "