Saturday November 9, 2019, 4:33 a.m., the alert processing center (CTA) of the Orne firefighters, in Alençon, received a report of smoke and alerted the surrounding emergency centers. The town hall of Flers caught fire. The intervention to prevent the fire from spreading will last all night and mobilize one hundred and sixteen firefighters and fifty-four vehicles. The firefighters did not leave until four days later. Five years after one of the biggest interventions in Flers, firefighters, elected officials and police officers remain marked.
“There’s a lot going on in our heads, but we’re in action”
That night, Mickaël Bisson, a volunteer firefighter in Flers, was returning from a fire in La Lande-Patry, around 12:30 p.m. « The beep sounded again later, it said “abnormal smoke”. We say to ourselves “in an hour I’ll be back in bed.” » Once you arrive at the barracks, another scenario emerges: direction the town hall. « Again, I was thinking of a simple alarm. When I arrive in the castle grounds, I immediately feel a pang in my heart, it’s heritage that is leaving. There’s a lot going on…
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