A resident of Aulnay-sous-Bois dies in the explosion of his car

“It was 10:30 or 10:40 p.m. when suddenly I heard a big boom,” said this young resident of the Bondy road in Aulnay-sous-Bois on Monday. At first I was thinking a big firecracker, as there are a lot of them these days. And then, then I thought maybe this was my house. It was a very very muffled and loud noise. »

This Sunday evening, the 17-year-old high school student then begins to “check” his entire house. Nothing. So with his brother, they decide to go out. “We turned our heads and saw the car with big flames,” he explains. My brother immediately called the fire brigade and the Samu. »

The vehicle had just exploded. “Firefighters discovered a deceased person inside,” said a police source. The owner of the vehicle, according to the first elements. A 63-year-old plumber. “It is an accidental explosion”, continues the same source. The police officers of the Aulnay-sous-Bois police station were seized of the file. “The central laboratory of the police headquarters also went on site. Contacted, the prosecution did not respond to our requests.

“The moment we learned someone was inside, faces contorted and tears welled up”

According to the office of the mayor of Aulnay-sous-Bois, it was “gas cylinders” stored in the victim’s car that exploded. “He carried them as part of his job. The car was parked in front of his house.

“The noise was very impressive,” confirms the municipality. The explosion was significant. The detonation echoed through Livry-Gargan, Clichy-sous-Bois and as far as Villemomble. “We communicated quickly on the networks so that people were not worried,” explains the town hall.

Same reflex with the high school student, who filmed a few moments of this “appalling” moment. “I did not dare to go see the car, many people were worried on Twitter, I filmed the outside to answer these questions”, explains the teenager, who then withdrew the video from the network on Monday afternoon, “at the request of a member of the family of the deceased, out of respect”.

Sunday evening, many residents came out to try to understand what was happening. “There is a resident who took out his fire extinguisher to put out the fire”, testifies the young man. It describes a particular atmosphere. “Debris landed in the gardens of the houses, there were a lot of people. At first, we didn’t know there was someone in the car. »

Then “the victim’s wife started screaming, crying,” he says. And the moment we learned someone was inside, faces contorted and tears welled up. »