After the fire of this castle in the south of Sarthe, the desolation

Desolation. It is 12:45 p.m. this Thursday, October 10, 2024. The fifty firefighters and thirty-two vehicles from all over Sarthe are still on alert. The Château de Penchien, slightly behind the town of Mansigné, about twenty kilometers north-east of La Flèche, still smokes a lot.

A devastating fire

VIDEO. A fire devastates the castle of Mansigné in Sarthe

The men put up a tough fight against a devastating fire which caused no casualties. It was a neighbor who saw smoke around 9:30 a.m. who alerted the emergency services. But it was already too late when the firefighters arrived, the fire must have been smoldering for several minutes. And the roof completely burned down.

“A long-term operation”

“Our priority was first to carry out reconnaissance…