Seine-Maritime: death of a woman in a fire, a man in a state of absolute emergency

2023-05-21 05:20:41

Terrible record. A 70-year-old woman died and a 75-year-old man was hospitalized in a state of absolute emergency after the fire in an apartment located in Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf (Seine-Maritime), south of Rouen. Three other people were injured.

According France 3, firefighters were called to help Friday evening, shortly before 8 p.m., after a fire broke out on the 3rd floor of a building in the city. 43 firefighters were mobilized and the fire was fixed by means of two fire hoses, specifies the chain, on its website.

We do not know the circumstances of the fire that an investigation will clarify. In addition to the deceased woman and the man in a state of absolute emergency, three victims were hospitalized in a state of relative emergency. Nine others, spared, must be rehoused. “If necessary, we will organize the temporary relocation of neighbors who had to be evacuated,” said the mayor of the town. on Facebook.