A grandmother and her two grandchildren perished in a fire in the North

Aged two and five years, children have been saved, despite the intervention of the mother who managed to leave the house.
A grandmother and her two grandchildren died Thursday, December 26 , in a fire at a sofa in a housing Hellemmes (North) Lille France. According to firefighters, the three victims , apparently intoxicated , were already oblivious to the arrival of emergency , called around 16:30 for a fire starting . They died on the spot.
"There was a fire , extinguished without spreading to neighboring houses start, but the bulk of the action is focused on the resuscitation of two children and grandmother " without success , said the firefighters . The
two children were two and five years , according to Frédéric Marchand, Mayor Hellemmes nearby town of Lille.
" The mother held her daughter in her arms "
Both parents of children with minor injuries were taken to hospital . "I saw the mom is holding his daughter in his arms, covered in soot and unconscious ," said a busy La Voix du Nord . " The mother was screaming , she has given me. " The mother is then distributed to fetch his boy, she released " inanimate black face too," while firefighters evacuated grandmother.
The cause of the fire was uncertain Thursday early evening. "Obviously, it would be a problem of electrical origin, but we do not know for now," said Mayor Hellemmes.