Six killed in apartment fire

Monday, July 27, 2009

SIX people, five of them children, have died in an apartment fire in a Stockholm suburb.

Two people were also injured in the fire, which started late on Saturday night in an apartment in Rinkeby, an immigrant suburb of the Swedish capital. Police say the victims were found in a stairwell in the building.

The cause of the fire was not immediately clear but investigators said they believe it was an accident.

This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Monday, July 27, 2009