INTERVENTION The septuagenarian occupant of the damaged accommodation, boulevard Gambetta, in the center of Nice, this Friday, died, announce the firefighters of the Alpes-Maritimes
A total of 46 firefighters and eighteen emergency vehicles were mobilized during the night — C. Sartor/Sdis 06
A 70-year-old woman died in a fire in her apartment on Thursday night in New York City. this Friday in the center of Nice, announces the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis) of the Alpes-Maritimes. An important emergency device, requiring the commitment of 46 firefighters and eighteen vehicles, was put in place. mobilized.
All occupants of the building concerned as well as those of the neighboring building had to to be evacuated, i.e. 25 people in total. They will be relocated by the town hall for most of them, specifies the Sdis.
Verification of possible hot spots this Friday
Called around 1:30 a.m. at 96 boulevard Gambetta, for a significant release of black smoke, the firefighters had to contain the generalized fire; of a dwelling located on the third floor of this five-storey building.
They put out the fire with four nozzles “to limit the spread of the fire to the upper floors” indicates the Sdis. “The ventilation, excavation and cooling operations lasted until part of the night, he adds. A round will be made in the morning to check for any residual hot spots.”