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Nearly 3,000 calls, up to 250 professionals on the ground for 456 operations: storm Kirk intensified the firefighters’ day, Wednesday October 9. Return to their mobilization.
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Entire streets of Basse-Goulaine were under water on Wednesday and required the intervention of firefighters to evacuate residents. | WEST FRANCE
Wednesday October 9 was the second most intense day in six years for the Loire-Atlantique firefighters, with 456 interventions, including 90% for flooding in homes. “It’s not a record, but it remains a fairly high level of activity,” says Lieutenant-Colonel Freddy Jaulin.
Firefighters were particularly mobilized in the region of Retz and, to a lesser extent, in the south of the Nantes metropolitan area, near Vertou. “At the strongest…
