The framework compensation agreement for victims of the explosion in the rue de Trévise should be signed by Wednesday, the day to commemorate the tragedy, the City told AFP on Friday, January 7, which will provide it up to of 20 million euros, and associations.
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"
Logically, it should be done on Monday
", told AFP Linda Zaourar, president of Vret (Victims and survivors of the explosion in the rue de Treviso), after being received for two hours by the mayor PS Anne Hidalgo , with Treviso Ensemble, the other association of victims.
"
Everyone is working on it this weekend
" so that the text "
can be ratified on Monday
" at a new mediation meeting and be "
ready Tuesday
", the eve of the third anniversary of the drama, added Dominique Paris, president of Treviso Ensemble.
"We will be several to sign the agreement"
On January 12, 2019, a very loud detonation caused by a gas leak had blown this street in the 9th arrondissement of the capital, killing 4 and injuring 66. Some 400 residents had been affected. On Wednesday, the City, indicted in this case and whom the victims had so far accused of "
playing the clock
", said it was ready to sign without further delay the framework compensation agreement, while the contribution of the other parties involved, in particular the co-ownership trustee who is also under investigation and the GRDF gas distributor, remains confidential. "
We will be several to sign the agreement
," said the town hall on Friday while there are still some points to be finalized, in the opinion of the same source as associations.
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According to Linda Zaourar, Anne Hidalgo "
noted that orphans, bereaved and mutilated would have priority in providing care
", a "
good thing
". The first deputy (PS) Emmanuel Grégoire announced in early October that the City would add 20 million euros to the compensation fund "
without this presuming his guilt
". This sum is a "
first step
", an amount "
extremely comfortable for six, nine months, a year
", he declared then. While the estimate of the total property and personal injury amounts to 200 million euros, according to Linda Zaourar, the town hall "
will have to complete at some point
”Even if the other parties involved in the explosion in front of 6 rue de Trévise - the property manager, GRDF, the insurer of the Generali union council and the construction company Fayolle - also add to the fund.
