Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. A gas leak in this college causes the evacuation of 340 students

Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. A gas leak in this college causes the evacuation of 340 students
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. A gas leak in this college causes the evacuation of 340 students

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Corinne Gallier

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June 6, 2024 at 1:48 p.m.

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It’s around 9:30 a.m. Thursday June 6, 2024when the maintenance agent of the Émile-Zola college of La Glacerie (delegated municipality of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Manche) detects a gas leak.

This will be confirmed a little later by GRDF.

Police and firefighters mobilized

As soon as the alert was given, a reinforced protocol is put in place. There National Police and about fifteen firefighters go to the site to carry out, in particular, a controlfrom the basement to the upper floors.

Students and other occupants of the establishment (technical agents, teachers, etc.) are evacuated to the assembly point provided for in this specific case.

A company will be commissioned by the Department to carry out the repair.

In the meantime, the gas has been cut.

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Students with parental authorization returned home. Half-boarders were entitled to a meal provided as emergency assistance by theEspace René-Le Bas.

The middle school students forced to stay in the establishment until the end of classes were taken care of by supervisors.

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