The emotion and the shock.
Saturday morning, at 10 am, a fire broke out on the 10th floor of a building bar which has twelve, at 84-86, rue d'Aubervilliers, in the Riquet-Stalingrad district (19th century).
Residents witnessed the death of a young man, who to escape the flames, jumped out of the window of his tenth-floor apartment, just minutes before the end of the firefighters' large ladder hit it live. reaches.
This Sunday, the residents were very shocked.
One hour to contain the fire
On their videos, the scene is chilling.
The victim clings desperately to her window railing as her flames-smashed apartment is black with smoke.
"It pains me, details Romeo *, a local resident.
He was trying by all means.
“Downstairs, people are paralyzed and begged for help to go faster.
" Please !
Please !
», We hear.
"What is this engine (Editor's note: firefighters' scale) going at 2 an hour?"
".
Another wants to believe it: “it will do it”.
“And then he fell, breathes Romeo, upset.
It made a thud.
"And to rage:" There was a meter missing from the scale, It was too short!
".
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The fire was contained in one hour, mobilizing around thirty firefighters.
But to save the young man, the firefighters only had eight minutes between their arrival at 10:16 a.m. and the victim's fall at 10:24 a.m.
“The truck was well positioned, decrypts a specialist.
But the truck ladders, the EPA (automatic pivoting ladder) are only 30 m.
Above all, it takes time to position and stabilize the vehicle.
They can't do it faster than the machine.
It takes several minutes for the ladder to rise until it reaches the victim ”.
And to add: "The BSPP (Brigade de sapeurs-pompiers de Paris) is gradually replacing these old ladders with new ladders that are faster, more mobile and equipped with nacelle".
The firefighters also tried to go through the lower floor
"We deployed two vehicles to extinguish the fire and an aerial ladder which was positioned as close as possible to the facade," explains the spokesperson for the BSPP. When it was deployed, it did not completely arrive at the disaster due to the configuration of the premises. The time to readjust our device, the person had already jumped. We have done everything inside and outside the building ”. Another fire team arrived on the 9th floor with a hooked ladder in an attempt to save the young man, via the lower level, but too late.
“The firefighters must be saddened not to have been able to save the young man, confides for his part, François Dagnaud, the mayor (PS) of the 19th century.
It is obviously a tragedy.
This fall, it happened so little!, Laments the elected official.
At the 19th century town hall, measuring the trauma of the residents, a psych unit could be set up on Monday, to support the inhabitants, if the need arises ”.
On the police side, an investigation was opened, entrusted to the 19th century police station.
This Monday, "the teams of the 3F lessor (Editor's note: owner of the building) will come to meet the inhabitants with the social pole", indicates Adji Ahoudian, assistant to the security of the XIXth district who went to the scene.
And to conclude: "I had a lot of feedback from traumatized witnesses".
