Mother and seven children die after house fire in France

A mother and her seven children have died in a house fire in northern France, reports the London Evening Standard.

The blaze ripped through the property just after midnight on Monday in the town of Charly-sur-Marne, around 50 miles east of Paris.

The mother and her children – all aged between two to 14 – were reportedly asleep when the fire broke out. The children included five girls and two boys.

The husband survived and has been taken to hospital with severe burns.

Read more of this report from London Evening Standard.