About 170 firefighters were at scene of the blaze at a seven-storey residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin

Ten people, including five children, have reportedly been killed after a fire broke out on Friday morning at a residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin, near the French city of Lyon.

The local authority for the Lyon/Rhone region said the fire was first reported to emergency services at 3.12am and by 3.25am around 170 firefighters and 65 fire trucks were at the site.

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