A residential building suddenly collapsed this Tuesday, January 7 in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine) on rue Darcel. The provisional report shows one person in absolute emergency and three people in relative emergency.
A house collapsed this Tuesday, January 7, rue Darcel in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), BFMTV learned from the Paris fire brigade (BSPP).
Emergency intervention was called at 9:15 a.m. for this two-story pavilion currently being renovated.
Workers were on site at the time of the collapse. According to a report communicated during the day by the firefighters, seven people were injured, including three in absolute emergency, three workers in a state of shock and a firefighter slightly injured.
A worker pulled out of the rubble
An architect is among the injured. Two workers who were trapped under the rubble and another in a basement were able to be pulled out by emergency services.
“It made noise, I didn’t open my window because there was dust. I heard cries, ‘help’. I hope I never see that again in my life,” confides a local resident .
Forty-four firefighters were engaged aboard eleven engines, which carried out the three rescues. Only one tower of the building was still standing during the day on Tuesday.
Boris Kharlamoff with Florent Bascoul
