In 2005, three major fires occurred in

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, killing 48 people.Immigrants die in new Paris fire
/ref> In the early hours of 15 April 2005, a fire broke out at the Paris-Opera - a six-storey, one-star, budget hotel in the 9th arrondissement. Most of the 76 people staying in the hotel at the time were

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waiting to be housed. The rest were guests of several different nationalities.Paris hotel blaze leaves 20 dead
/ref> 24 people were killed and 50 others injured. On 26 August 2005, 17

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n immigrants were killed in a fire at a

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in the 13th arrondissement. On 30 August 2005, 7 Ivorian immigrants were killed in a fire at a block of flats in

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Fires Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition point, flames are pr ...

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