“It really blew hard”: a house destroyed by an explosion, a woman found dead

The explosion was heard several kilometers away. An explosion blew out a pavilion in the town of Saint-Loup-de-Naud, in Seine-et-Marne, on the night of Tuesday November 26 to Wednesday November 27, reports The Parisian. The body of a 31-year-old woman was found in the rubble while a 34-year-old man was treated by emergency services before being transferred to hospital in serious condition.

In the neighborhood, local residents are in shock: “We welcomed around thirty people affected by the collateral damage of the explosion. We did what we could to reassure them,” confides the owner of a farm converted into a lodge. “We heard the explosion and the door to our house moved. […] It really blew hard,” he tells The Republic of Seine-et-Marne a resident of a nearby town.

The trail of explosives hidden in the house

Near the destroyed house, neighbors noticed serious damage. The perimeter was sealed off during the investigation opened by the Melun public prosecutor’s office. Nearly 60 firefighters were mobilized, with the support of a drone and specialized dogs, and mine clearance teams secured the site, indicates TF1 Info. No gas leaks were noted.

For the moment, the trail of the presence of explosives in the pavilion is favored, according to the public prosecutor. The previous owner was in fact a great collector of military objects. He also died in 2017 in the explosion of his car, with his 5-year-old grandson. “He was a collector of military clothing, but of old shells, I don’t know. I can’t come forward,” specifies Parisian the mayor of Saint-Loup-de-Naud, Gilbert Dal Pan. On social networks, one of the sons of the former municipal councilor assured that his father did not have any weapons.

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