a man rescued by firefighters after an explosion following a fire in his car

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The incident took place near the town of Deyme, in the direction Narbonne – Toulouse. A vehicle caught fire on the A61 motorway on Saturday November 9, shortly before 1:30 p.m.

As soon as the alert was given, several firefighters from Montgiscard and Ramonville Buchens fire and rescue centers were dispatched to the scene.

Gas bottle and aerosols

If the firefighters were able to contain the fire using a water hose, they also had to rescue the driver of the vehicle.

The fire in his vehicle was in fact followed by a explosion. This was caused by “the presence of aerosols and a five-kilo gas bottle”specify the Haute-Garonne firefighters.

The victim evacuated to the hospital

Aged 60according to information transmitted by the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service, the victim – whose severity of injuries is not known – was evacuated to a hospital center.

Let us emphasize that theSMUR helicopter was deployed to the scene as part of this intervention and that the A61 motorway has been partially cut off to traffic to facilitate emergency response.

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