Cars on fire in Cherbourg: “In 15 minutes, at least four vehicles had burned”

“I don’t know how it started, but it’s noises of detonation who woke us up. »

Evan lives right next to the rue Coluchehas Cherbourg-Octeville (delegated municipality of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Manche).

This Sunday May 5, 2024, at 3:28 a.m., his night was cut short. “I don’t know if they were the tires where the airbags who were farting, but it was a lot of noise. At that time, only one car was on fire. » He gets up with his mother to see what’s going on. Faced with the spectacle, they call the firefighters.

It spread very quickly

” THE cars were parked on the cob, they were quite tight so it was very quickly spread, says the 24-year-old man. Within 15 minutes, at least four cars had burned. »

The firefighters arrive. But the damage are important. ” They put one hour to put out the fire, he says. Of the tanks were fulland the Street East sloping so that the gasoline was flowing and the flames kept repeating. »

Nine cars have been completely burned. “There was an EDF car, two of my neighbors, one without a license and others that I don’t know,” lists Evan. His personal car also suffered significant damage. “I have the whole front burnt. I hope that this will be taken into account by the insurance companies,” he sighs.

Small consolation for the young man, his mother’s car did not suffer any damage. “She had the good idea not to park there. »

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