Moroccan Consulate Assists Family After Young Woman Dies in Paris Apartment Fire

In a statement, the consulate says it is accompanying the family in "this ordeal and for the various formalities," first of identification and then likely the repatriation of the remains to Morocco. The diplomatic representation, it is said, had learned of the death of this 23-year-old woman from the French authorities.

Meriem had not given any news since this fire caused by a woman with a psychiatric history who, according to the French media, had left the psychiatric hospital just a few days before the tragedy.

It is Meriem’s mother who made the trip from Morocco to Paris for DNA tests to identify her daughter.