In front of the gym on air in Paris, stupor the day after the fatal accident

Disappointment then dread. This Tuesday, April 15, 2025, the members On the gym on airlocated boulevard Voltaire in Paris, come to the dropper try to do their daily session. Despite their insistence, the door does not open. They do not know that the place is closed for a tragic reason: Monday, a nitrogen leakage A cryotherapy apparatus caused the death of an employee. A client was hospitalized in absolute emergency.

“I could never have imagined”

“My God,” says a member, hand on the mouth. The young woman, subscribed for several months, cannot hide his stupor. “It’s horrible!” “Shouts another. Other eyes go away over the morning. “I could never have imagined that something like it could have happened with these machines,” breathes a man in jogging. “Die in his workplace. It’s terrible, ”says another passerby.

It was around 5 p.m. that the accident occurred in the space dedicated to cryotherapy. According to the information we have, there is a machine leak during a session. Nitrogen then spread in the atmosphere, causing an intoxication of the employee presents and the member. “There were a lot of firefighters on site. It was impressive, ”says a neighbor.

An investigation was opened to seek the causes of death, the Paris prosecutor’s office told us. In the evening, the room communicated that the place would be closed “exceptionally”. Contacted, the manager did not wish to speak on the situation.

“She was very kind”

Among the subscribers who came this Tuesday morning, some knew the deceased employee, aged 29. “I saw her every time I came. She worked at the reception and took care of the maintenance of the machines and the room. She was very kind, ”recalls a member. Since the drama, tributes have flocking on the social networks of the victim, passionate about fitness.

A problem without problem

Within the regulars of the gym, the astonishment is all the greater since The condition of the machines was impeccable. “It was quite clean inside, and the machines were not defective,” explains a member. “I come three times a week. Everything is functional. It surprises me very much this accident. ” Requiring an additional cost, cryotherapy machines were very little used: “I saw very few people there”.

Follow all the news in your favorite cities and media by registering for my news.