The disaster was declared this Friday afternoon around 2:30 p.m. in a cell located on the third floor of the Fleury-Mérogis remand center, in the men's quarter, say the firefighters of Essonne, confirming information from AFP.
Four people were injured.
The two detainees, present in the cell, were intoxicated by the fumes and transported in absolute urgency to a hospital center.
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A third prisoner, present in the neighboring cell, was also disturbed by the fumes.
He was treated on the spot.
"A prison officer has significant burns to the lower limbs," said a source from the Essonne departmental fire and rescue service (Sdis).
“One of the two detainees set fire to his cell”
This agent “intervened to help them, and was severely burned in the knee despite wearing firewall equipment, tells us the Interregional Directorate of Paris Penitentiary Services.
He was hospitalized.
The other officers inhaled smoke.
The management also assures that it was "one of the two inmates who set fire to his cell", who was finally able "to be circumscribed without the need to evacuate the other cells".
The disaster is currently under control.
Sixteen firefighters supported by seven devices intervened in the largest prison in Europe.
The Ufap-Unsa Justice union is asking the management to file a complaint "for having endangered the lives of these agents", reports AFP.
