Caravan in flames: a 61-year-old man seriously burned in a fire

A fire in a caravan in Loze, in Tarn-et-Garonne, left one seriously injured on Sunday September 29, 2024.

Around 4 p.m., firefighters from the CTA – Codis (alert processing center) were informed that a fire was in progress in a caravan located on Chemin de Monille in Loze, a small village between Caylus and Saint-Projet, on the borders east of Tarn-et-Garonne.

On their arrival, firefighters from the Caylus rescue center discovered a caravan completely engulfed in flames. At this time, it is not known whether the man in the caravan located in a field got out on his own or was saved by rescuers.

The victim, a laboratory employee at the Mas de Monille inn, who was on Sunday rest in his caravan, was very seriously burned during this disaster.

Suffering from burns to his face and lower limbs, this 61-year-old man was taken in the fire ambulance to the emergency room of Montauban hospital.

In view of these serious injuries to almost 50% of the body, doctors planned to transfer him by helicopter to a center specializing in severe burns in Toulouse or Bordeaux.

According to initial findings by the police, the fire was of accidental origin, caused by a short circuit in the caravan’s water heater.

Contacted by The Dispatchthe owner of the inn, Benoît Leverrier deplores this “dramatic domestic accident.” Its employee, originally from Lot-et-Garonne, had been working part-time for five years in his farm product processing laboratory. “I feel very sorry for him,” laments the innkeeper praising an efficient and hard-working employee.