Over 50 Hurt in Paris Apartment Fire; Five Dead, Four After Jumping From Windows

PARIS — Police say five people died and 57 were injured in a fire in an apartment building near Paris' Pere Lachaise cemetery.

In this photo provided by the Paris Firefighters Brigade, rescue workers try to extinguish a fire at a building, in Paris, early Thursday, April, 14, 2011. The fire killed five people and seriously wounded six people. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Pascal Bruner, Pompiers de Paris)

(AP Photo/Pascal Bruner, Pompiers de Paris)

(AP Photo/Pascal Bruner, Pompiers de Paris)

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Paris police say four people died when they jumped out windows to flee the flames and another was found dead in the charred building.

A fireman was seriously injured during the rescue after he fell from a ladder. A total of six people suffered serious injuries and 51 people, including 6 children, suffered light injuries.

Police say the fire started in the stairwell overnight and was put out just before dawn Thursday. The reason for the fire is unclear.

The building houses apartments and artist studios in the Menilmontant neighborhood of northeast Paris.

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