A fire breaks out in a house near Bayeux, an octogenarian transported to

Saturday November 16, 2024, around 1:30 p.m., a fire broke out in an individual home on rue de la Gare, in Molay-Littry (Calvados), near Bayeux. The fire started from the ground floor of the house, while the tenant, an 83-year-old man, was inside. Burned, he was transported urgently to the emergency room of Bayeux hospital evokes Lieutenant Lesueur, of the Bayeux firefighters.

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The partially destroyed house

When they arrived there, “the level impacted (from the house, Editor’s note) was totally ablaze,” reports the Departmental Fire and Rescue Operations Center (Codis). Twenty-four firefighters from the intervention and rescue centers of Balleroy-sur-Drôme, Bayeux, Caen, Le Molay-Littry and Trévières were mobilized to contain the fire, using two hoses, and transport the injured person.

The residential house is partially destroyed inside. A surveillance van will remain on site throughout the evening specifies Lieutenant Lesueur.