A fire accident occurred Thursday around 11 p.m. during national holiday celebrations. A 7 and a half year old boy and his 24 -year -old sister died according to the prosecutor. A third member of the family is hospitalized.
Le Monde
A fireworks fire left two dead Thursday evening July 14 in Cholet (Maine-et-Loire). While the public looked at the pyrotechnic show, a shooting accident occurred. According to the public prosecutor, Eric Bouillard, stretched shots hit a group of people located about sixty meters from the fires. A 7 and a half year old boy died, as well as his 24 -year -old sister. A third person in the same family was affected by fireworks and was transported to the hospital. No other injured was reported, specifies the prosecutor.
The place of the accident very close to firing, and access to this area already arises. “Would have had to prevent access to this area? It’s part of the questions” answers Éric Bouillard on a daily basis Ouest-France . The survey was entrusted to the departmental security of Maine-et-Loire and the Cholet police station.
Call for witnesses
Many videos were circulating tonight on social networks. For the investigation, the owners of images are invited to contact the Cholet police station on 02 41 64 82 00.
At 1 h 45, the intervention was still in progress. The national police, from Cholet and Angers, the prosecutor, and 70 firefighters from Maine-et-Loire and Vendée were on site.
The company of Ille-et-Vilaine Hubert Thézé Pyrotechnie drew fireworks in Cholet this Thursday evening, and this since 1994. Six fireworks were in command of the visual and musical show. For this Choletian show, the shooting system was computerized.