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David Saint-Sernin
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Nov 4, 2024 at 8:34 p.m.
; updated Nov 4, 2024 at 8:38 p.m.
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Monday November 4, 2024, emergency services intervened in the territory of the commune of Le Plan (Haute-Garonne), south of Toulouse, for a flammable gas leak.
It was around 2 p.m. when firefighters entered a home from which “a strong smell of gas” was emanating.
An unconscious man, “in absolute emergency”
They then proceeded to rescue a 52-year-old man, “unconscious, and in absolute emergency”, specifies SDIS 31 at Toulouse news.
After carrying out explosimetry readings, the firefighters noted that the concentration of gas in this house presented a significant risk of explosion.
Nine homes evacuated
Nine homes were evacuated. A security perimeter has been set up.
“Hydraulic ventilation was carried out using a hydraulic fan until the readings taken by the explosimeter were zero again,” explained the firefighters.
It was only from this moment that the fire brigade system could be lifted.
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