A violent fire broke out this Friday morning shortly before 5 a.m. in Bressuire. Four apartments located on the second floor of a building were totally devastated by the flames. According to the first assessment, we deplore at least three deaths. The search is continuing to find other victims. The fire would have broken out around 4:50 a.m. on Friday morning.
“Three bodies were found in total, this is not a definitive assessment, the search continues” to find other possible victims and the causes of the fire, the public prosecutor of Niort told AFP. Julien Wattebled. “No “signs of foul play” were discovered “at this point,” he pointed out. “The roof collapsed and the staircase that gave access to it too. You have to go through the roof or support the entire bottom of the building, but it risks collapsing,” said the mayor of the town. (unlabeled) Emmanuelle Ménard.
According to local media, a 20-year-old man was rescued and transported to the nearest hospital, Faye-l’Abbesse. The fire would now be contained, but not yet extinguished. Nearly 70 firefighters were mobilized, we learned from the emergency services. By mid-morning, two fire hoses were still being used by the emergency services, while the local gendarmerie will carry out investigations into the causes of the start of the fire.
50 gendarmes mobilized a few hours after the fire
More than 50 gendarmes were mobilized, including investigators from the Bressuire research brigade and criminal identification technicians. A team of experts from the Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie (IRCGN), whose headquarters is located in Pontoise (Val-d’Oise), will be engaged in the afternoon, said the gendarmerie.
Searches are carried out in difficult conditions by the emergency services. The balance sheet is likely to increase. Sleep merchants have rented apartments in the attic to Comorians, indicate the first information. Six rooms in a hotel adjoining the building were evacuated as a precaution. A security perimeter has been set up.
According to Christine Lavaux, manager and resident of this “La Boule d’Or” hotel-restaurant, “smoke entered the 2nd floor around 4:20 a.m. and sounded the alarm. We called the fire brigade with my husband and we went out on the street with our two children and six clients. We saw a person running in the street and another on the roofwhich was taken care of by the firefighters”.
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