It was around 8:15 p.m. yesterday that a major fire ravaged a wooden house of 120 m², located in a small path set back from the Route de la Vallée in the town of Grandcourt, between Londinières and Blangy-sur-Bresle. in the country of Bray.
It took two hours for the 25 firefighters from the centers of Foucarmont, Envermeu, Blangy-sur-Bresle and Grandes-Ventes to control the fire, which was probably of accidental origin. Fortunately located away from other homes, the one-story house, all made of wood, very quickly caught fire and the owner, a 78-year-old man, the sole occupant, was able to escape his home using his own means before being evacuated. He was transported, in relative emergency after having breathed the fumes of the disaster, to Abbeville hospital.
The remains of the house laid on the ground
Once the fire was contained, the mayor of the town, Arnaud de Chezelles, farmer, intervened and completely demolished the house using a backhoe loader. “It was absolutely essentialindicated Lieutenant Boulenger from the Prés-Salés barracks in the town of Eu, to avoid any risk of recovery and then drown the excavated material. »
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