The fire is now extinguished, also informed the commander of the rescue operations, Philippe Hauwiller, during his press briefing. He explained that the emergency services were alerted this morning at 6:33 a.m. by the owner of the gîte who lives nearby.
The firefighters arrived quickly, “in less than a quarter of an hour”. “The conflagration” was then “generalized”, he detailed, and 11 people were inside.
From now on, the “situation is stable”, and the last two “bodies” are sought in the rubble. The research is complicated by the fact “that we have a lot of rubble, a lot of collapsed parts and a floor whose stability is very uncertain,” said Philippe Hauwiller.
A medico-psychological emergency unit has been set up for families.
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