the squatted building went up in flames, three years after the deadly explosion
About twenty firefighters are still engaged on rue du Forum, this Friday in the middle of the morning. Reconnaissance operations for the apartments in the building that fell victim to a fire last night have come to an end.
The building was empty, no injuries were to be deplored. The fire, the origin of which remains undetermined, which occurred on the first floor was brought under control by the firefighters who had to fall the rubble of two walled windows to enter the building and access the foyer. After a night of fighting against the flames ravaging the interior, the firefighters ensure the surveillance of the site, in particular the stability of the building again damaged.
Two large ladders of firefighters stationed at the foot of 7, rue du Forum, after a lively nighttime effervescence, the image gives a sad feeling of déjà vu.
During the night of Friday November 30 to Saturday December 1, 2018, the building was violently shaken by a gas explosion in an apartment on the first floor. The tragedy had cost the lives of its two occupants, an octogenarian couple and left six injured including a firefighter.
Three years after the fatal explosion, despite the windows walled up following the danger judgment taken by the City, the building was regularly visited and squatted by people who created discreet entrances at the back of the building.
The investigators of the judicial police proceeded this Friday morning to the first findings at the foot of the building whose future remains suspended from the settlement of a thorny case involving insurer, town hall and trustee.