110 people evacuated in Villeurbanne due to the smell of gas

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At the start of the evening on Monday February 28, around a hundred people on Avenue Roger-Salengro, in Villeurbanne, had to be evacuated due to a suspicious smell of gas in the air. The incident caused no injuries.

Alerted on Monday February 28 by residents of Avenue Roger-Salengro who smelled a suspicious smell of gas in the air, the firefighters intervened in the early evening in the town of Villeurbanne. A rapid mobilization which allowed them to evacuate 110 people and avoid potential carbon monoxide poisoning, while on the spot abnormally high concentrations were recorded by the emergency services, reports Progress.

The investigations of the firefighters made it possible to link these emissions to a device used since the beginning of the day on a nearby site and operating with a heat engine. Residents were finally able to return to their homes around 9:30 p.m.

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