a house housing a rowing club partly destroyed by fire overnight

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The alert was given around 2:30 a.m. During the night of Tuesday November 5 to Wednesday November 6, a fire quickly spread in a house located along Chemin de l'Écluse in Renneville, a small town located near Villefranche-de-Lauragais.

Ce building with a surface area of ​​100 m²having a ground floor and one floor, houses the town's rowing club. It was completely engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on the scene.

Risk of spread to a terraced house

The Haute-Garonne departmental fire and rescue service deployed on site around twenty firefighters. Two tank trucks, two ton pump vans and a vehicle with a pivoting ladder were mobilized.

Coming from the Villefranche-de-Lauragais, Ramonville Buchens, Montgiscard and Saint-Jory barracks, the firefighters were quickly confronted with a risk of the disaster spreading to an adjoining home. Two water lances were thus activated, including one from an aerial ladder.

Several firefighters still on site in the early morning

“The fire is under control, but not extinguished”specify the Haute-Garonne firefighters, in a situation update broadcast this Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. “Active surveillance will be carried out using a pump machine, in order to lighten the system,” they continue.

Note that one of the firefighters who intervened in this operation was slightly injured. The mayor of Renneville, Francette Ros-Nonowas present on the scene, as well as the gendarmerie.

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