Lil. three buildings were evacuated at night due to the danger of “collapse”.

Between Saturday and Sunday night, three buildings in the center of Lille, where 17 people were, were evacuatedthreat of collapseFirefighters announced two weeks after the collapse of two buildings in the same area that killed one person. Three other buildings were already evacuated by the municipality this week on another street, a few hundred meters away.

Emergency services were called to rue Lepeletier, in the heart of the shopping street, around midnight on Saturday.old lil“, it is said in the press release. “In total, 17 people in three buildings were evacuated. A security cordon has been implemented and an emergency order has been issued by the municipality of Lille“, they say. Early in the morning, security barriers closed the entrance to a part of the street, the AFP journalist noted. Thus, they closed the entrance to these three buildings, the restaurant and two shops on the first floor, as well as the jewelry shop and optical shop opposite.

lifeguard”found cracks in the party wall“Between numbers 28/30 and 32,” explains the municipality of Lille in its decree posted on the site. “According to employees of the Orange Bleue restaurant, the crack, which already existed (…) has developed, growing in size over the last 48 hours, falling into the ankle.“, and”screeching sounds were heard“At the end of the evening, this text is mentioned. Municipal services thus deemed it necessary to “deny accessin three buildings, with a total of about forty apartments, and two shops in front, until the examination, according to the decree.

On Wednesday, the city had already evacuated two buildings on Rue de la Monet, a few hundred meters away. “Alerted by a trustee“in”the presence of structural problems“The municipality was able to mark one of the two buildings.”worrying cracks“, the municipality explained to AFP. After the examination, the third adjacent building had to be evacuated on Friday. In general, “about fifteen people“He was forced to move with the help of services, in hotels or with relatives,” said the same source. The three shops on the first floors of the buildings had to be closed.