DRAMA One of the injured is in absolute emergency and three are in relative emergency
In all, 80 firefighters intervened in this operation. (ILLUSTRATION PHOTO) — Stephane DUPRAT/SIPA
On Friday evening an apartment caught fire in Nice then the smoke spread throughout the building until late at night. A person has been killed and several were killed. injured in this dramatic accident which also resulted in the evacuation of 180 people, announced the firefighters. These two victims are two brothers, who lived in the third-floor apartment from which they lived. left the disaster, clarified; Saturday morning Anthony Borré, first deputy mayor and president of Côte d'Azur Habitat, the HLM office on which this building depended.
The deceased brother has been found by the firefighters on the 5th floor of the building, after having probably tried to to escape the flames. According to the various testimonies collected on the spot on Saturday, the two men would be between 60 and 70 years old. Three other residents of the building, intoxicated by the fumes, were in a relative emergency on Saturday morning, specified the firefighters of the Alpes-Maritimes.
Diogenes syndrome and handrail
The origin of the accident has not yet been able to be determined by the investigators and the firefighters. According to Anthony Borré, a handrail had been filed Friday morning, the day of the tragedy therefore, by an agent of Côte d'Azur Habitat, after he was threatened by the deceased brother. This one, known to suffer from Diogenes syndrome, accumulated all kinds of belongings and waste in the apartment, he also specified.
The affected building, a 13-storey building with approximately 130 apartments, is located at 12 boulevard Comte de Falicon, north of Nice. If the flames remained limited to Inside the original apartment, the smoke then spread widely through the building, the report said. the emergency services, which intervened at; 10:30 p.m. Friday evening.
80 firefighters dispatched
In all, 80 firefighters intervened in this operation, in particular to evacuate some 200 inhabitants. The vast majority have been extracted from the building through the windows, the smoke having invaded the stairwells. The incident was definitely mastered around 01:00 am.
If half; survivors were able to find their homes, around 4:00 am, some 90 people will have to be rehoused, until their apartments are restored. Accompanied by firefighters, they collected papers, clothing and essential items on Saturday morning before being directed to temporary accommodation.