“These people were very lucky.
The police saved their lives, ”says the spokesperson for the Paris fire department.
During the night of December 31, a team from the Champigny-sur-Marne anti-crime brigade woke up a couple and took them out of their house which was in the grip of flames.
Around 11:40 p.m., at the approach of the stroke of midnight, the Bac police patrolled the streets of Champigny.
Suddenly, they see the roof of a burning pavilion near rue Eugène-Varlin, near rue Guy-Môquet.
The flames are already devouring the roof.
Thick smoke emanates from the house.
But no occupant seems to have emerged from it.
The police rush then, manage to wake up the two occupants and then evacuate them, safe and sound.
"Never let a fireplace run unattended"
The couple had gone to bed, leaving the fire burning in their fireplace.
For some reason, it escalated into a fire.
“The roof of this 100 m2 pavilion has completely burned down”, specifies the Paris fire brigade.
The firefighters arrived shortly after and quickly brought the disaster under control.
"The disaster scenario that could have happened - and which sometimes happens unfortunately - is that people fall asleep, the fire breaks out, smoke spreads, the inhabitants are poisoned without even waking up and die, explains the spokesperson. of the BSPP.
The roof of this 100 square meter pavilion burned down.
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You should never leave a fireplace running unattended, she recalls.
It is also necessary to take care to maintain it well, to have it swept.
All it takes is a big call for air or an insulation problem for a cinder to enter the duct and start a fire, for example.
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