Saturday, November 9, 2019, 4:33 a.m. The Alert Processing Center (CTA) of the Orne firefighters, in Alençon, receives a report of smoke and alerts the firefighters of the surrounding rescue centers. The town hall of Flers, in Orne, caught fire. Emergency services arrived on site and did not leave until four days later.
Five years later, we found the actors of this event. Testimonies, reconstruction project, media coverage, but also the celebration of a wedding on the same day can be discovered in our file, in the articles below.
1. “It was a terrible image”: five years after the town hall fire, they say
Five years after one of the biggest interventions in Flers, firefighters, elected officials and police officers remain marked. They recount the blaze and the hours that followed.
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2. Discover never-before-seen photos of the fire taken by firefighters
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. The photos of the disaster taken at the time are impressive.
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3. “We were afraid it would be canceled”: they got married the day of the fire
Sezgin Altun and Kübra Altun were married on the same day as the town hall fire. Every year when they celebrate their wedding anniversary, they remember this special day.
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Magalie Letissier was a journalist on the editorial staff of West France in Flers during the weekend of the town hall fire. Today correspondent in Chile for West Franceshe tells how she worked.
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5. Five years after the fire, where are we with the town hall reconstruction project?
The investigation into the fire was closed almost three years later, in 2022. The origin of the fire could not be determined. Return to the investigation and the reconstruction project.
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