Death of two octogenarians at the beach in Pornichet

Two octogenarians died on Friday June 17 in the afternoon in Pornichet without a link being able to be established with the current heat wave, AFP learned from the Loire-Atlantique prefecture.

Firefighters were called shortly before 4 p.m. to an 82-year-old man who became unwell while swimming, firefighters said.

The person could not be revived.

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Around 4:40 p.m., the firefighters were again called to the same town for an 80-year-old man found dead by witnesses on the beach of La Bonne Source, they said.

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For their part, the firefighters refused to give any further details.

Although on the coast the temperature is usually lower than that recorded inland, the Loire-Atlantique is, like a large part of the west and south-west of France, currently hit by an exceptional wave of heat in this season.