The French firefighter who was killed on the job yesterday while trying to put out a fire started by rioters in Saint-Denis has been identified as 24-year-old Dorian Damelincourt.

France's army chief, General Thierry Burkhard, said on Twitter on Monday morning: "The armies pay tribute to the total commitment of Master Corporal Dorian Damelincourt, who died in the fire last night. I join in the pain of his brothers in arms. I bow to the pain of his family".

Interior minister Gérald Darmanin also paid tribute, adding that the "Corporal-Chief of the Paris Fire Brigade died despite the very rapid care by his teammates".

France's deputy minister for transport, Clément Beaune, wrote: "I extend my condolences to the relatives and colleagues of the Corporal-Chief of the Paris Fire Brigade who died while fighting a fire in Seine-Saint-Denis.