The firefighters went to the city center of Toulouse, Wednesday, April 20, 2022after the discovery of suspicious smoke emerging from an apartment.

A low voltage transformer out of order

At 2.20 p.m., the drug addicts’ rescue team took the road to rue d’Alsace-Lorraine, located in the heart of Toulouse. ” We left for an apartment fire”, explain, first of all, the firefighters, to Toulouse News.

Once there, he realizes that “it was a low voltage transformer which was out of service and smoking. The accumulation of rainwater caused smoke to develop”. This transformer was located “at basement of a four-storey building.

power stroke

While there were no injuries to report, significant resources were deployed: “18 sappers fire brigade, two vans, a ladder and an ambulance”. For its part, Enedis proceeded to secure the installation, but this resulted in the power cut several businesses and homes on the street.

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