Lyon apartment fire on Saône quays, Digi Mart USA News (Lyon, France): A fire broke out overnight on Quai Romain-Rolland, on the banks of the Saône River in Lyon’s 5th arrondissement. No injuries were reported.
Firefighters were called around 3:20 a.m. on Saturday, November 7, to a fire at an apartment at 27 Quai Romain-Rolland, close to the Palais de Justice in Lyon.
According to the publisher’s reporting, the apartment, located on the fifth floor, was believed to be under renovation when flames broke out.
Firefighters managed to stop the fire before it could spread. In total, 25 firefighters and seven fire vehicles were deployed to the scene.
The same publication noted that earlier in the night, between Thursday and Friday, a man in his sixties died in a fire in his apartment in the Croix-Rousse district of Lyon.
