BIRTHDAY SHOCK IN CUBA LIBRE BAR IN ROUEN

13 killed after candles on birthday cake start fire at bar.

A Policewoman's 20th birthday party ended in tragedy when the candles on he cake sparked an inferno at a bar in Rouen, killing 13 people and injuring 6 other people on 6th August, an urgent investigation is under way amid questions about whether Cuba Libre bar in the northern French city complied with the fire regulations. the victims are aged 18 and 25. 

One guest, who suffered burns to 90% of her body, is fighting for her life at a hospital in Paris. The blaze broke out at midnight after a guest or staff member stumbled while curing the birthday cake, lit with candles and sparklers, down steep wooden stairs into the basement. witnesses say wall were covered with soundproof material that caught fire immediately . the basement , parked with about 20 people, rapidly filled with smoke and toxic fumes.

The horrific fire plunged Rouen into profound shock for the second time in 10 days after Islamist terrorists slit the throat of an 85-year-old priest in near Saint -Etienne-du-Rouvray.

source: sunday telegraph