VIDEO. Toulouse: the fire spreads to several floors of a building, many residents relocated
By David Saint-Sernin
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The pictures are impressive. Tuesday, March 22, 2022, from 3 p.m. in the afternoon, the Haute-Garonne firefighters intervene Reynerie district to circumscribe a fire which ignited ten floors of one of the largest blocks of buildings in Toulouse.
It is a part of the building located at 7 rue Erik Satie, in Toulouse who was hit by the flames. Significant resources have been deployed on site to evacuate the building of its inhabitants and control the flames boosted by the wind which is still blowing strongly this afternoon as revealed by our journalist on the spot.
Fire that spreads to the balconies
Firefighters say the fire started at 8and floor of the imposing building before spreading to several other balconies due to the “very swirling” wind on the facade.
“We have brandons (flaming debris, editor’s note) and cinders (fragment of wood or incompletely burnt coal which escapes from a hearth, editor’s note) which flew and which fell on balconies below and above and who set fire to balconies. On a destroyed apartment, the one located on the 10th floor. There are no injuries,” explained the captain. Hervé Leclerc.
Evacuation of the building
Given the scale of the fire and its spread, dDozens of residents were evacuated. They attended the intervention of firefighters at the foot of the building bar.
Three pumps, two ladders, two ambulances, a command group, a nurse and two group leaders were deployed on the spot to support the efforts of the firefighters who were heartily applauded around 5 p.m., when the fire was brought under control.
The building under surveillance
However, the recognitions were continuing. The building will be placed under surveillance for the next few hours, to avoid any resumption of fire with the wind which will continue to blow this evening and this Wednesday.
Residents relocated
The inhabitants who live in the part of the building affected by the fire will all be relocated for that night. This represents several dozen apartments. Some residents admit their weariness to the proliferation of fires in the neighborhood.
(With Guillaume Laurens)
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