Fire at French holiday home for adults with disabilities leaves 11 dead

Some 12 people who were staying on the ground floor were able to evacuate

Firefighters try to contain the blaze (TNN/dpa via AP)

A devastating fire that raged through a holiday home for adults with disabilities in eastern France has left 11 people dead, the local deputy prosecutor said.

Nathalie Kielwasser, deputy prosecutor for Colmar, said 11 people who were sleeping on the upper floor and in a mezzanine area of the private accommodation in the town of Wintzenheim were trapped by the fire, while five managed to escape.