Tuesday afternoon, several residents of buildings located on rue Eugène-Spuller, rue Bellecroix and rue du Château were evacuated by the Beaune firefighters. The cause? A major gas leak, detected at Rue Spuller, forced firefighters to quickly secure the scene to begin their intervention. At the same time, traffic between the circular boulevard and the start of rue Rousseau-Deslandes was also cut off by the police and firefighters, like what happened in the streets located around rue Eugène-Spuller.
A large accumulation of gas
“We are not taking any risks. There is a large accumulation of gas, at different levels, even in cellars,” indicated the head of the Beaune fire brigade group, before noting that reinforcements from the centers of Nuits-Saint-Georges, Nolay but also Dijon were expected, with “the arrival of a technological risk intervention vehicle”. An ambulance also came to support, as did vans and a command post set up.
For their part, the GRDF intervention teams were also hard at work. “The gas was blocked at the distribution stations by GRDF. This impacted 800 subscribers, who saw their gas cut off,” continues the group leader. He explains: “Once the pipe has emptied itself and decompression has been achieved, we can start our investigations again and evacuate the gas. Everything will then have to be checked before the residents are reintegrated.”
“We don’t really know when we will be able to return”
As for the residents, some of whom were able to get warm inside the restaurant The Guigone Table Place du Docteur-Jorrot, it was time to be patient. “We don’t really know when we will be able to return. I just came back from my lunch and couldn’t get to my workplace. We will have to be patient,” confided Maurice Godeaux, manager of the La Belette Bleue brand, located at 3 rue du Château. At his side, Alexandre, retired and living at number 1 rue du Château, confided that he had been directly evacuated by several firefighters who came to his home, while Jacky, also retired at 4 rue Bellecroix, still couldn’t believe it. . “The firefighters came to get me. Spuller Street is right next to us.”
If residents were able to reach their buildings around 4:30 p.m., GRDF teams were still on intervention on rue Eugène-Spuller at 6 p.m.
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