A fire ravaged a food store this Saturday, rue Halle Delacroix, in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille. The fire apparently started, shortly after 3 p.m., in the rear part of a food store, in a room dedicated to viewing video surveillance cameras, before spreading to the store, completely destroying it.
The apartments in this building on 5 levels being unoccupied, the Marseille firefighters did not need to carry out evacuations, but their task would be singularly complicated on a technical level.
Although the fire is under control, it is not extinguished, however, because the fire fighters are currently working to find the gas and electricity meter, in order to cut it off and be able to enter the building without risking damage. get electrified. The connections would be at the very least “anarchic“, according to a firefighter.
Driven by the wind, the thick black smoke that escaped from the building led local residents to believe that the fire was spreading towards rue d’Aubagne. But according to the firefighters, this is not the case. There are 65 on site, with 25 supporting machines.
Aged 31, the manager of the damaged business was slightly injured in one hand and treated on site by emergency services. “We’re here for a long time“, declared a firefighter, more than two hours after the fire broke out.
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