“The fire went out shortly after midnight”, the spokesman for the Paris fire brigade (BSPP) indicated this Thursday morning, while the Suzanne-Buisson room, in the northern districts of Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis), is was badly damaged by a night fire
Surveillance is in place to prevent new fire outbreaks. “A small team of about ten firefighters alternate every hour to pass the place through a thermal imaging camera to make sure there is no shooting of the fire. “
It was around 11pm when this impressive disaster broke out. At this late hour, there were no casualties. About 80 firefighters from six different rescue centers responded to the worst of the disaster. “The fire was virulent, we set up a large bomb with eight spears but we did not encounter any particular problems in putting it out. “
Earlier in the night, Captain Hardy, a BSPP (Paris Fire Brigade) officer, also reassured about the neighborhood. “The covered market is engulfed in flames and requires a major hydraulic device. It is insulated on all four sides and will no longer expand. Reconnaissance is simply carried out in a nearby building to reassure the inhabitants. “
Stephen Hervé, the outgoing mayor of LR, was about to leave his electoral office when he was notified. He already thinks it’s “arson, because of his greatness”. He also specifies that “the electricity had been redone three years ago and the safety commission had passed in 2020 and had not detected any problems”.
The fire occurs in the middle of the election campaign
In Bondy, the political context is also very flammable. The city is in the midst of an election campaign. The first ballot of the partial municipal elections took place last Sunday and Stephen Hervé, whose elections in June 2020 had been canceled, came out in front of his PS competitor, former mayor Sylvine Thomassin. He got a score of 49.89% against his challenger’s 36.73%. The candidates will decide next Sunday.
“I hope this fire is not related to the election campaign, adds the Republican candidate. If this is the case, it is an act of great cowardice because it will complicate the daily life of the inhabitants. “
Before the first ballot, the climate was already poisonous and vandalism had been committed. A fortnight ago, in particular, the gigantic fresco depicting the city’s child and international football star, Kylian Mbappé, had been degraded, then in the night between 20 and 21 January Sylvine Thomassin’s car was set on fire.
At midnight there was no material evidence to confirm that the fire in the hall was intentional. An investigation will obviously follow.
One certainty, this Thursday, the market will not be held under the Suzanne-Buisson hall. “A fire partially destroyed the hall, the market scheduled for Thursday 27 January cannot be held”, confirms the city in a tweet this Thursday morning.
