Huge explosion heard in Gard. What is the origin of this “explosion”?

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A strong explosion was heard in the middle of the day, Wednesday November 13 on Nimes and in other municipalities of Gard. Many residents of the capital of Gard reported on social networks that they felt this noise which “made shake the windows ».

A military plane

Asked by Actu.fr, the Gard firefighters confirmed having heard the same noise. “It is most likely the passage of the sound barrier by a military plane », Explains the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS) of Gard.

“In any case, we did not have to intervene to an explosion or something similar on the mentioned slot (midday, Wednesday November 13, editor’s note) », assure the firefighters.

Not a first

In recent years, similar explosions have been heard in different places in the greater Occitanie region. Thus, in May 2023, in Hérault, residents had also reported a “ very powerful explosion» felt in the middle of the night. At the time, it was about the passage of the sound barrier by a military plane, according to our colleagues at Métropolitain.

A few months earlier, on Friday April 15, 2022, in the former Midi-Pyrénées, similar events occurred near Albi. At that time, Internet users reported a “grand boom » and a “ explosion » felt betweenToulouse( Haute-Garonne ),bleach(Tarn) etMontauban(Tarn-et-Garonne).

This time, the Prefect of Tarn himself made it known that the noise heard corresponded to the passage of a mirage 2,000 having broken “the sound barrier between 10:51 a.m. and 10:59 a.m.”, that day, as reported by our colleagues from Actu Toulouse, a few hours later.

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