Birthday cake responsible for 13 deaths in Normandy, France

It was a tragic birthday party in the basement of the Cuba Libre bar in Rouen, Normandy. It had been hired for the birthday party and ended up in a tragedy that killed 13 persons. It is believed that a woman who had been carrying the cake adorned with candles tripped as she brought it downstairs.
The incident happened shortly after midnight.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 6 August 2016.

In the ensuing blaze, 13 people were killed. The walls and low ceiling quickly ignited when the candles of the cake were lit and it fell on the floor. The ceiling and walls were covered in foam padding in order to help sound-proof the room. It is believed that this material led to the flames spreading quickly.
The dead were aged between 18 and 25 and several of them could have succumbed to the fumes. Six people were injured in the blaze and one of them is in a critical condition. It is not thought to be terror-related - the venue of the tragedy was a few miles from Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray where a Catholic priest was murdered in his church late last month by two Islamic States sympathizers.


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