A fire devastates a room in an apartment in Orne, one person hospitalized

A fire destroyed a room in an apartment in Theil-sur-Huisne, a delegated municipality in Val-au-Perche (Orne), on the night of Tuesday 26 to Wednesday 27 November 2024. Discomforted by the smoke, one person was transported to hospital.

The fire mobilized eighteen firefighters from four emergency centers (photo illustration). | WEST-FRANCE ARCHIVES


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  • The fire mobilized eighteen firefighters from four emergency centers (photo illustration). | WEST-FRANCE ARCHIVES

A fire broke out in an apartment in Theil-sur-Huisne, a municipality delegated to Val-au-Perche (Orne), on the night of Tuesday 26 to Wednesday 27 November 2024. The fire was in a bedroom of this home located at 6, rue de la Taille. Firefighters were called at 1:05 a.m.

Six apartments evacuated

On site, they brought the fire under control and took care of one person. The victim was bothered by the fumes and had to be transported to the Nogent-le-Rotrou hospital center. The room was destroyed by the fire.

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During the operation, six neighboring apartments had to be evacuated. Eighteen firefighters from the emergency centers of Theil-sur-Huisne, Ceton, La Ferté-Bernard and Bellême, as well as the gendarmerie and Enedis, intervened until 3:35 a.m.

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