INVESTIGATION The scientific police have made their first conclusions but do not, for the moment, rule out the criminal trail
After the fatal fire in Vaulx-en-Velin, the scientific police did not detect any trace of flammable product in the samples taken from the scene of the accident. — Mourad ALLILI/SIPA
The first conclusions of the experts are now known. Two days after the fire in Vaulx-en-Velin, during which ten people died, the scientific police did not find a fire. no trace of flammable product in the samples taken from the scene, we learned from the Lyon prosecutor’s office.
“However, it is not possible for the experts,” this stage of their investigations, to determine whether the origin of the fire is voluntary or accidental,” adds Nicolas Jacquet, the prosecutor of the Republic of Lyon. On the other hand, the conclusions “tend to confirm” that the fire started from the ground floor of the building. The search is “ actively” in order to determine “the exact causes and circumstances” of the disaster.
Solidarity kitty
Furthermore, all victims could be identified. Four children are part of it, specifies this Sunday the parquet floor while the previous assessment was of five minors among the dead. On Saturday, 600 people gathered in front of the Hôtel-de-Ville of Vaulx-en-Velin to pay tribute to them, also showing their solidarity. towards the survivors. A kitty opened on the Internet had collected more than 65,000 euros on Saturday afternoon. Thirty-eight families, or a hundred inhabitants, are “in urgent need of rehousing”, according to the metropolis of Lyon.