2023-08-13 07:48:38
The fire is now extinguished. Three people died in the fire of a five-storey building in the historic center of the city of Grasse, in the Alpes-Maritimes, which occurred on Sunday morning, firefighters announced. In addition to the three victims, whose identities have not been revealed, the emergency services have counted three seriously injured and fifteen other minor injuries, according to local media.
The wounded in a state of relative emergency “were transported to the hospitals of Grasse and Nice Pasteur”, indicated Commander Jean-Christophe Demarte, head of the Grasse company, to Nice morning. A person in a state of absolute emergency must be evacuated by helicopter to Toulon, he added.
The cause of the fire still unknown
“The Alpes-Maritimes departmental fire and rescue operational center received numerous calls in the middle of the night (around 3 a.m.) for a major release of smoke in a residential building in the center of Grasse”, have said firefighters.
Arrived on the spot, the emergency services found that a virulent fire was spreading in the stairwell of a five-storey building located on Place aux Aires. Several people called for help from the windows. In total, 50 firefighters and 17 machines were mobilized, specifies France Blue Azure.
The fire, whose origin and circumstances remain to be clarified, was extinguished around 6 am. It is always advisable to avoid the sector, notes the local radio. The relocation of about twenty people will be necessary, said the firefighters.
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