The building at 42 and 44 rue Pierre Mauroy collapsed violently at around 9.15am on Saturday morning. This complex, which notably housed a bookstore and clothing store, was partially under construction when it suddenly collapsed. He was evacuated at night. Fortunately, the collapse happened before the flow of pedestrians who fill this very busy street near the Place du Théâtre during the day. After a whole day of searching, a dead person was found under the rubble.
On Saturday at 13:50, fire-rescuers of SDIS 59 announced that they came out from under the rubble person”received a slight injurywith the collapse of buildings. The 60 firefighters who were deployed then went to search for a doctor who was missing and who may be under the rubble, the Northern Operational Fire Rescue Center (Codis) said. “We’re pretty sure that person is in the rubble.Lt. Col. Stefan Boventre said in a statement broadcast by Codis. “His phone is not answering, his car is in the parking lot, (…) and he has not paid his fine.” “We are focusing all our efforts (…) on manually removing the rubble to reach this victim.“, he added: It is probably this person whom the rescuers found dead under the rubble on the night of Saturday and Sunday.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Lille has launched an investigation.endangering the lives of others“. “A forensic examination was ordered to investigate this case.– the prosecution added.
“At 3 o’clock a young man came home and realized that the wall (of the building) was bent.“Lille Mayor Martin Aubrey explained. Then he alerted the police and firefighters of the municipality, who decided to evacuate the building, where there were about ten people, estimating:that there was a real risk“He adds, and a danger notice was issued when the deterioration of the building was noticed. “I’m still shaking because if this gentleman hadn’t come home at 3 o’clock last night, contacted us, and we hadn’t had this reaction, well, there would have been deaths this morning.He added in front of journalists present on the spot on Saturday morning, until we know that a person died as a result of the collapse of the buildings.
The walls of the building were beginning to crack
According to the network The voice of the north as one of the residents of the evacuated building, this is what the walls of the hall looked like some time before the entire building collapsed.
While the exact cause of the collapse is unknown, Martin Aubrey seemed to rule out a gas explosion as witnesses did not hear an explosion. Additionally, Permanent Regional GRDF Didier Cousin reports this Saturday that “ samples are negative for gas “. ” The investigation is ongoing, but there is no indication that an incident took place. gas, he added.
Photographer from The voice of the north , who was driving at the time of the collapse, said he saw the first rubble fall to the ground before realizing the entire building was collapsing. The tourist staying in the hotel opposite says that he felt.vibrationsand saw adust cloudaccompany the collapse of a building so large that it covered the entire street rising above the second floor of the hotel where his room is located. His hotel was evacuated as a precaution.
“I got the scare of my life”
“We heard a noise for a few seconds, very faint at first. We thought it was the scaffolding fallingsaid Ludovic Ficher, who works in an adjacent building. “When we realized that the whole building was collapsing, we all ran away“, he added: “I got the fright of my life.»
The rescuers arrived quickly after the collapse and evacuated the buildings adjacent to the collapsed building on Saturday morning. According to street vendors, the police told them that the area would be cordoned off that day and that no customers could be admitted to the shops today, while they secured the perimeter.
Photos taken by local media reporters on the scene show a large fire brigade investigating the rubble for possible victims and beginning to clear the rubble.
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Source: Le Figaro
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