A violent fire and a victim.
The fire broke out this Tuesday morning, very early, at 5:30 am, in a building located on avenue Vion-Whitcombe, in the Ranelagh district (XVI) in Paris.
About fifty firefighters from the BSPP (Paris Fire Brigade) were mobilized, with ten devices and a lance.
The police from the 16th century police station, present, established a security perimeter all morning.
The fire broke out in one of the apartments on the 4th floor of this plush stone building.
It took the firefighters an hour to bring the fire under control.
The soldiers took a victim out of the damaged apartment.
He is a 90-year-old man.
In cardiopulmonary arrest, he died on the spot.
Was it an accidental fire?
What is the origin of the incident?
Technicians from the central laboratory of the police headquarters were dispatched to the scene to search the scene, determine the fire (s) and take samples.
A police investigation was opened, entrusted to the 16th century police station.
Once the disaster had been brought under control, the residents were evacuated to a regrouping point in the street, while the firefighters carried out security checks in the common areas and apartments.