The fire broke out in a seven -story building shortly after 3 am, on the night of Thursday to Friday. Five children aged 3 to 15 are among the victims.
The fire of a building in Vaulx-en-Velin (Rhône), in the northeast suburbs of Lyon, left ten dead, including five children, and fifteen injured, including “four in absolute emergency”, During the night from Thursday to Friday, announced the prefecture of the Rhône.
“It’s a shock, the balance sheet is extremely serious,” reacted Gérald Darmanin at the start of a press point in Paris, originally devoted to the security system for the World Cup final in Qatar . “I had the prefect several times on the phone this night, the record is final. Unfortunately ten people would have died, including five children between 3 and 15 years old, in a fire whose causes are not known. The investigation may Determine, “said the Minister of the Interior.
The claim, whose “origin is unknown” is “now extinguished”, according to a press release from the prefecture. The fire broke out shortly after 3 hours in a seven -story building in the Lyon suburbs. The flames are part of the ground floor to spread to the floors. The fire mobilized nearly 170 firefighters and 65 machines. Two firefighters were slightly injured during the intervention.
Gérald Darmanin must go this Friday to Vaulx-en-Velin, accompanied by Olivier Klein, the Minister Delegate for the City and Housing, to meet on the spot with the inhabitants, the prefect, the public prosecutor As well as the mayor of Vaulx-en-Velin, Hélène Geoffroy (Socialist Party). “You have to be able to cry the dead and accompany the living, will then come for explanations,” said the councilor at the exit of the Victor-Jara municipal hall, where all the families who lived in the building are gathered. Outside, bright anger is expressed against “squatters and dealers who occupied the hall of this building, and others in the neighborhood”.
An important security perimeter was deployed in the city, where several dozen emergency vehicles were brought together in the morning of Friday. In the cold and humidity, while still floats acre smoke, the inhabitants of the neighborhood, seized with dread, call relatives to get news.
“Rehabilitation work”
In front of the municipal hall, a 51 -year -old woman, Emine, is waiting for the list of victims to be displayed. His brother and sister-in-law lived on the first floor of the burned building. “He tried to contain his wife to prevent him from leaving the door, he does not know where she is. He jumped out the window and broke his arm. He is in the hospital,” says Emine. I am waiting for the list to find out if she is injured, if she was brought to the hospital. “The couple was installed at 12, Chemin des Barques in Vaulx-en-Velin for three months, and it is Emine who s ‘was awarded the lease. “In my life I have never seen such a thing: an entry and a dilapidated climb, even in a haunted castle you cannot imagine that, she said. I saw cables dragged. . “
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