2023-09-30 23:17:33
Firefighters were still on scene around 10 p.m. An impressive fire broke out early Saturday evening in an abandoned building in Rouen (Seine-Maritime), mobilizing around fifty fire fighters. No casualties were reported Saturday evening.
The firefighters were alerted around 6 p.m. Saturday for a fire in one of the disused “glass and steel” buildings in the Saint-Julien district, in Rouen. 56 firefighters and 15 engines were mobilized. The national police were also present on site, and a security perimeter was established, the prefect of Seine-Maritime indicated on X (ex-Twitter), inviting people to “avoid the area”.
The fire was still in progress around 8:30 p.m., according to the mayor of Rouen, Nicolas Mayer Rossignol. Firefighters are carrying out “investigations into the origin of the fire and the possible human presence”, he added. in a message on.
Already a fire at the beginning of September
The firefighters faced “several outbreaks of fire on the floors”, indicated to West France Sdis 76. The building was “probably squatted” and reconnaissance was carried out on the different floors “to ensure there were no victims”, he added.
A large plume of black smoke emanated from the building. The flames were visible several kilometers away, according to videos posted Saturday evening on social networks. Impressive images, which did not fail to evoke the fire in September 2019 at the Lubrizol factory in Rouen.
A fire had already broken out on September 7 in another building in the “glass and steel” complex, dating from the 1970s. Around twenty firefighters were mobilized to bring it under control. The disaster did not cause any casualties.
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