Photos: House fire in Germany kills seven

A blazing fire leaks from the roof of a building in Backnang, Germany, on March 10, 2013. At least seven people died in the blaze which broke out in the former factory building, according to a police statement. FRANZISKA KRAUFMANN/AFP/Getty Images ( 518050824 )

Rescuers stand near a house in Backnang, Germany Sunday March 10, 2013. An early-morning fire on Sunday at the apartment building in southwestern Germany left seven people dead, six of them children, police said. Authorities were alerted to the blaze in Backnang, a town near Stuttgart, at 4.30 a.m. Police said in a statement that they believe the fire broke out in a second-floor apartment, and said that their investigation is focusing on a heater in the apartment. (AP Photo/dpa, Benjamin Beytekin) ( Germany Fire )

Fire fighters work on a damaged roof following a fire in Backnang March 10, 2013. At least eight people, including seven children, died after a fire broke out in an apartment building in the southern German province of Baden-Wuerttemberg on Sunday. The cause of the fire is not yet known. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner ( GERMANY/ )

A police man looks at a smoldering building following a fire in Backnang, Germany on March 10, 2013. At least eight people, including seven children, died after a fire broke out in a building in the southern German province of Baden-Wuerttemberg on Sunday. The cause of the fire is not yet known. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner ( GERMANY/ )

Fire fighters work on the roof of a house to extinguish a fire that swept through an apartment building, killing at least seven people, including six children on early March 10, 2013 in Backnang, southwestern Germany. The cause of the blaze was not known but police said they were investigating an oven in a flat on the first floor of the former leather factory, hosting a German-Turkish cultural exchange association on the ground floor. FRANZISKA KRAUFMANN/AFP/Getty Images ( 518048310 )

Firefighters look out of the window of a house in Backnang, Germany, Sunday March 10, 2013. An early-morning fire on Sunday at the apartment building in southwestern Germany left seven people dead, six of them children, police said. Authorities were alerted to the blaze in Backnang, a town near Stuttgart, at 4.30 a.m. Police said in a statement that they believe the fire broke out in a second-floor apartment, and said that their investigation is focusing on a heater in the apartment. (AP Photo/dpa, Franziska Kraufmann) ( Germany Fire )

A women and a red cross member stand in front of the scene of a fire in Backnang, Germany on March 10, 2013. At least eight people, including seven children, died after a fire broke out in a building in the southern German province of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The cause of the fire is not yet known. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner ( GERMANY/ )

Fire fighters work on the roof of a house to extinguish a fire that swept through an apartment building, killing at least seven people, including six children on early March 10, 2013 in Backnang, southwestern Germany. The cause of the blaze was not known but police said they were investigating an oven in a flat on the first floor of the former leather factory, hosting a German-Turkish cultural exchange association on the ground floor. FRANZISKA KRAUFMANN/AFP/Getty Images ( 518048314 )

Fire fighters are pictured next to a building following a fire in Backnang March 10, 2013. At least eight people, including seven children, died after a fire broke out in a building in the southern German province of Baden-Wuerttemberg on Sunday. The cause of the fire is not yet known. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner ( GERMANY/ )