Europe
France opens manslaughter probe into holiday home blaze
3 years agoFirefighters try to contain the blaze at a vacation home in the town of Wintzenheim, north-eastern France, Wednesday Aug. 9, 2023. A fire ripped through a vacation home for adults with disabilities in eastern France on Wednesday, killing several people, the head of rescue operations said.(TNN/dpa via AP)
French prosecutors said Friday they had opened a manslaughter investigation into the deaths of 11 people in a fire in a holiday home that failed to meet safety standards.