Ice, accidents, fire: a somewhat turbulent end to the year in the Decazeville Basin

the essential
As elsewhere in Aveyron, the end of 2024 was not easy for the emergency services in the Decazeville Basin.

Accidents due to ice, fire, falls: the end of 2024 was not easy for the emergency services in the Decazeville Basin.

The black ice caused a spectacular accident at Sailhenc in Decazeville.
DR – DR

As early as 6 a.m. on Monday, the ice caused people to leave the road on avenue Prosper-Alfaric, near the Bellevue roundabout. A vehicle driven by a 44-year-old woman from Agnac ended up on its roof. Shocked, the driver suffering from bruises was taken by emergency services to the nearby hospital center for check-ups.

Collision on icy Avenue de .
DDM – BHSP

Still icy, avenue de Rodez in Decazeville, where on Tuesday afternoon a 57-year-old driver lost control of her vehicle, which ended up hitting a parked vehicle. Shocked, the driver was transported by firefighters to the city hospital for check-ups.

A young driver left the road on the RD963 in Bouquiès.
A young driver left the road on the RD963 in Bouquiès.
DDM – BHSP

Just like this young driver aged 20, whose slippery road caused him to lose control of his vehicle, Tuesday around 7 p.m. on the RD 963 near Bouquiès in Decazeville.
As in other most exposed places, the town of Decazeville spread pozzolan and “melting” product.

Start of fire in Aubin

The emergency room at Decazeville hospital welcomed the patients and provided their care.
The emergency rooms of Decazeville hospital welcomed the patients and provided their care.
DDM – BHSP

The Decazeville emergency room received several patients during New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve, but none required transfer to another establishment.

The Decazeville police officers were contacted on several occasions.
The Decazeville police officers were contacted on several occasions.
DDM – BHSP

Firefighters and police intervened around 8 p.m. for a fire in a house in the Cité de Duc in Aubin. Part of the roof was impacted, as well as the attic, following a fire in a heat accumulator. Maxime Gaillac, an elected official from Aubin, went there to study a possible temporary rehousing solution.

Part of the fire brigade. There was no shortage of interventions.
Part of the fire brigade. There was no shortage of interventions.
DDM – BHSP

The Basin firefighters also intervened on several occasions, notably for the fall of a person in Vaureilles.

Like every year, the New Year's Eve evening in Viviez was well attended.
Like every year, the New Year's Eve evening in Viviez was well attended.
DDM – BHSP

Apart from these accidents and fire, New Year's Eve in the Decazeville Basin still went well overall; notably with the traditional big New Year's Eve in Viviez which attracted several hundred guests who took the plunge into the new year together.

-

-

PREV Franck Dubosc films two nickel-plated nurserymen’s feet skidding in powder snow
NEXT 12 left in the ranks