France

Early Wednesday morning, a fire broke out at a holiday home for people with disabilities in Witzenheim in northeastern France. Eleven people died in the fire. The fire broke out while guests were sleeping in a two-storey building in northeastern France. According to local media, 10 of the dead are people with disabilities. The last victim was a helper. There were 28 people in the home when the fire broke out. Seventeen of them managed to escape before it was too late. Two charities caring for people with learning disabilities rented the entire holiday home over the summer. /ritzau/Reuters/