Toulouse. Firefighters fish out a dead man in the waters of the Canal du Midi in Matabiau

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Many vehicles and firefighters – including divers – were deployed, this Thursday, November 14, 2024, around 12:30 p.m., in downtown Toulouse, like Maël, a reader ofNews Toulouse, reported it to us.

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The SDIS 31 (Haute-Garonne departmental fire and rescue service) confirms that a “deceased person was recovered from the Canal du Midi”. According to the duty officer, “it is a man”.

The body floated at the height of theMatabiau lockboulevard Riquet. After reconnaissance, the firefighters extracted this man from the water. A judicial investigation was opened. In total, six vehicles and six firefighters were mobilized for the intervention.

Second victim of the week

Unfortunately, this is not the first of the week. Tuesday, November 12, around 6 p.m., the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service had already had to deploy significant resources to rescue a man who had fallen into the water in the Canal du Midi, near Boulevard Pierre-Paul Riquet. , in Toulouse. The victim ultimately died.

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