scooters, elections and Olympic games –

Fire at the Roubaix police station: 17 police cars
affected
France Bleu/La Voix du Nord, June 27, 2024

Last night, around 2:20 a.m., the fire started in the parking lot of the Roubaix central police station. It was police officers returning from intervention who noticed significant smoke in the garage. Firefighters quickly intervened on site to prevent the fire from spreading to the police station building. Around ten police vehicles were completely burned in the fire, seven other vehicles were affected. The intense flames even reached the personal cars of civil servants parked above in the outdoor parking lot.

According to Benoit Aristidou, Deputy Departmental Secretary of the SGP Police Unit for the North, the fire could be of accidental origin according to the first elements: “ According to the firefighters, the fire started at the back of the garage, near the room where all the seizures are stored. In this room, there are notably seized electric scooters, the fire could possibly come from an electric battery of a scooter. »

The SGP Police Unit union is requesting loan vehicles very quickly:“We are going to run out of vehicles this afternoon. We will ensure that there is a quick solution to ensure our missions. Especially with the weekend ahead of us and the legislative elections, we are preparing to maintain order and the Olympic flame is arriving at the beginning of July, it really is not happening at the right time.. »