Deadly Paris Hotel Fire

A person in a building neighboring the Paris-Opera Hotel peers out from a rooftop window to watch firefighters at work in Paris, Friday, April 15, 2005. At least 20 people died and more than 50 were injured after a pre-dawn fire swept through the hotel used by city hall to house needy African families.

Firefighters work on the roof of the Paris-Opera Hotel in Paris, Friday, April 15, 2005.

A giant poster, which shows a woman wearing the Eiffel Tower tied onto her head with a strip in the national colors, dwarfs firefighters at work in front of the Paris-Opera Hotel in Paris.

A fireman carries a young girl who was taken to the infirmary after a fire in a central Paris hotel in the early hours of Friday, April, 15 2005 . Some people leaped from windows to escape the flames. The fire occurred in the capital's 9th district, in the rue de Provence.

Police wheel the body of a victim out of the Paris-Opera Hotel in Paris on a stretcher.

This picture made available by the Paris Firefighters shows a member of a fire squad trying to reach a mother holding her baby boy and daughter (top left) who are caught in raging flames after they took refuge on the roof of the Paris-Opera Hotel in Paris, Friday, April 15, 2005. The three were eventually brought down to safety and suffered only minor burns and smoke inhalation.

This picture made available by the Paris Firefighters shows a man alighting from a fire ladder appliance, helped by members of a fire squad who are working to evacuate guests from the Paris-Opera Hotel in Paris.

This picture made available by the Paris Firefighters shows members of a fire squad evacuating guests from the Paris-Opera Hotel.

This picture made available by the Paris Firefighters shows members of a fire squad evacuating guests from the Paris-Opera Hotel.

This picture released by the Paris Firefighters shows members of a fire squad evacuating guests from the Paris-Opera Hotel.

A victim of a fire in a central Paris hotel in the early hours of Friday, April 15, 2005, awaits a transfer to hospital.

Firemen try to extinguish a fire in a central Paris hotel.

Firemen try to extinguish a fire in a central Paris hotel, Friday, April 15, 2005.