A fire in a bar in the northern French town of Rouen killed 13 people and injured another six, the interior ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
The ministry said the cause of the fire, which broke out in a bar sometime overnight, was being investigated. Local media reported the fire was accidentally started by candles lit for a birthday cake during a private party.
Rouen this week held the funeral of an elderly priest who was knifed at a church altar in a nearby town in an Islamist attack.
13 people die in a fire at a bar in France – @Stone_SkyNews says candles on a birthday cake may have caused it https://t.co/0pDSqiAdHk
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