"Rouen fire: at least 13 dead in birthday disaster at bar in French city", 6 August 2016

A fire thought to have been caused by the candles on a birthday cake killed 13 people at a bar in the French city of Rouen and left at least six others injured, one critically...Reports said the fire broke out in the basement of the Cuba Libre where the private party was being held...According to French media, one of the party-goers was said to have stumbled while carrying a cake with lit candles down the stairs to the lower floor. Flames spread quickly to polystyrene ceiling tiles which gave off a cloud of noxious fumes that choked victims, who were unable to escape...Cazeneuve, France’s minister of the interior, said a judicial inquiry was under way into the cause.