An arson attack broke out at the foot of a building in Poitiers on Sunday early in the morning.
The incident caused the absolute emergency hospitalization of a woman and the evacuation of 19 residents.
It occurred in a neighborhood where several anti-drug operations took place.
A fire broke out on Sunday, December 15, early in the morning in Poitiers (Vienna), leading to the absolute emergency hospitalization of a woman and the evacuation of 19 people. Firefighters told AFP that it was a fire of deliberate origin, which took place at the foot of a building, in the Trois-Cités district, where several anti-drug operations were carried out. recently .
An “arson”
The fire was started around 6 a.m., from supermarket trolleys and a scooter parked at the foot of the building. Two other fires were observed from trash cans pushed onto the public highway near the fire, firefighters told AFP, confirming information from the local daily. The New Republic. The fire spread very quickly to the apartments on four floors.
Seventy firefighters were mobilized to the scene. The woman evacuated in absolute emergency by the Samu to the emergency room of the Poitiers University Hospital is 75 years old. According to emergency services, she suffered burns to her respiratory tract. Among the 19 people evacuated, three children and one adult were treated in relative emergency, firefighters said. The victims found refuge in a local public school.
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An investigation was opened for “damage by arson” and entrusted to the property crime brigade of the territorial crime division of the Poitiers police station, a source close to the investigation told AFP. The scientific police took samples on site.
The Trois Cités district has been the subject, for several months, of constant attention from the police services as part of the dismantling of drug trafficking. Twice this fall, arrests and searches took place, on October 22 and November 6. According to several sources met by AFP on site, the bottom of the burned building served as a deal point until its dismantling last summer.
