A fire in a Paris apartment building killed seven people and sent residents fleeing to the roof or climbing out their windows to escape, authorities said.
The cause of the blaze that burned for hours and injured 28 people is unclear.
Firefighters were last night still searching for other victims and working to extinguish the blaze, city fire service spokesman Clement Cognon told the Associated Press.
"The situation was already dramatic when the firefighters arrived," Cognon said. Firefighters rescued about two dozen people who had fled to the roof or climbed out windows to escape the flames, and evacuated others from inside the eight-storey building.
"I heard a woman screaming in the street, crying and screaming for help," said witness Jacqueline Ravier, who lives across the street. She saw a young man blackened by smoke and a woman motionless on the ground. She said flames were shooting out for hours from the top of the building and victims were fleeing.
