Benoît Bronckart also wanted to thank everyone who worked to put out the fire and evacuate customers. “We obviously thank the firefighters, police and local authorities who intervened quickly and with dedication. We will recover from this tragedy. Like a phoenix, the Boar of the Ardennes will rise stronger from this setback. The reconstruction is already underway and, with our Alychlo shareholders (Editor’s note: Marc Coucke’s investment company), We are determined to reopen soon.”
“We will be back !” (Editor’s note: “We will come back!”Marc Coucke also testified this Monday evening via social networks.
Philippe Bontemps: “Luckily the fire didn’t happen, it wasn’t the weekend!”
For Mayor Philippe Bontemps also, Monday evening was very hectic. The latter rushed back from the Tohogne municipal school where the swearing-in of the new Durbuy council was taking place to come and take the first security measures. “I took the decision to close the Durbuy bridge to traffic to facilitate the interventions of the emergency services and firefighters, as well as the assessment of the fifty customers who were all able to be rehoused.”
Around thirty firefighters from the Marche-en-Famenne, Hamoir and Érezée barracks were mobilized. “The last flames were extinguished around midnight, testified Stéphane Thiry, the commander of the Luxembourg relief zone. Several teams remained on site throughout the night to prevent the fire from resuming.
“Fortunately this fire did not occur on the weekend when Durbuy Old Town is packed with people during the Christmas Market, adds Philippe Bontemps This demonstrates, if necessary, the importance of the future north car park, in order to relieve congestion on the streets of Durbuy during such events.”
