Four people whose child dies in the fire of a building – Liberation

A fire tower on fire and dozens of firefighters: a fire cost the lives of at least four people, including a child, on the night of Thursday to Friday in Reims, announced the prefecture of the Marne. According to the same source, another child is missing, while fourteen people, children and adults combined, were injured, two of whom were transported to hospital, classified in absolute emergency.

Fire, under control union,, broke out around midnight and a half on the fourth floor of a housing tower and quickly spread to the upper floors, especially by the facade, according to the same source. One person called for help by evoking a release of smoke. “Fire is currently off. The firefighters continue to ensure recognition ” Buried apartments, the prefecture said in a statement published around 4:30 am.

The building buried by the flames has eleven floors, with four apartments each. It is located in The Red Cross, A district made up of high buildings and houses in the southwest of the Champagne capital which was fully completed. At dawn, access to the disaster tower remained prohibited, AFP noted on site, while many firefighters, gripped beacons, still stationed at the bottom of the building.

According to the mayor of Reims Arnaud Robinetpresent on the spot, national police officers who were in this popular district during the night intervened the first after the departure of fire and evacuated people « With enormous courage ». The prefecture has listed 15 SDIS vehicles and 62 mobilized firefighters, as well as 20 national police officers, 20 municipal police officers and nine caregivers in the SMUR.

Forty-resistant people were taken care of by the Red Cross in a gymnasium made available by the municipality.