It was 1:31 a.m., during the night from Sunday to Monday, when the alert was given for a fire in an old, unoccupied farmhouse in a state of abandonment in the hamlet of Theux, in Saint-Georges-Lagricol. .
The strong gusts gave rise to fears from firefighters of a spread to nearby homes.
Neighbors had to close the shutters of the houses
When they arrived, the building was completely engulfed in flames. The task of the firefighters was initially to preserve the nearby home.
They also quickly informed the inhabitants of the hamlet, asking them to close their shutters to avoid any outbreak of fire due to the multiple debris that were sent everywhere due to the violent wind, the presence of a nearby farm with its fodder caused concern the rescuers.
The important system put in place made it possible to secure all the buildings near the house destroyed by the fire, the presence of water reserves in the hamlet of Fraisses at the nearby GAEC de la Fouan facilitated the supply of water from tankers.
A fire had already ravaged a farmhouse in June 2023 in this same village.
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35 firefighters
Thirty-five firefighters from the emergency centers of Craponne-sur-Arzon, Chomelix, Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon, Retournac, Saint-Pierre-du-Champ, Beaulieu and Le Puy-en-Velay under the command of lieutenant Emmanuel Ramousse were on the scene. The origin of the disaster has not been specified.
