Far-Right Leader Le Pen Injured In House Fire

French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen has been hurt after a fire broke out at his house outside Paris.

The blaze is thought to have started accidentally in a chimney where work was being carried out.

Marine Le Pen, who now leads the National Front party that her father founded, said: "His face was injured, but it is not serious, nothing to worry about."

There had been reports the elder Le Pen was shot in the face, though these appear to be incorrect.

The 86-year-old "fell while trying to escape the flames" at the house in Rueil-Malmaison, a source told AFP.

He and his wife were looked after by firefighters. They did not need to go to hospital.

Le Pen established the anti-immigrant and anti-establishment National Front in 1972.

His daughter took over the party in 2011 and helped increase its popularity so much it came first in France's EU elections last year.