The bodies of the five victims, including those of a mother and her child, who perished almost three days ago in the fire of a building, very difficult to access, in the city center of Bressuire (Deux-Sèvres ) could be evacuated from the rubble, the prosecution announced on Sunday July 10.
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No other body was detected by the exploration of the premises or the modeling of the building in three dimensions.
Final checks will however be carried out to remove any doubt
, ”said the public prosecutor of Niort Julien Wattebled, in a press release.
The remains of the victims, all from the Comoros, were evacuated to the forensic institute of Poitiers where technical examinations and DNA reconciliations will confirm their identity.
Friday morning, shortly before 5:00 a.m., the fire had spread to the top of a two-storey stone building hosting a notarial office on the ground floor.
Four studios located in the attic were devastated by the flames as well as the staircase leading to them, the floor of the top floor and the roof.
Two men, aged 20 and 22, were able to be rescued, and their lives are not in danger, the prosecution had indicated earlier.
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At the same time, fire investigators and experts are continuing their findings to establish the causes of the disaster.
These investigations could take several weeks or even several months
”, underlines the public prosecutor, who went there on Sunday morning to take stock with the investigators and meet the relatives of the missing people from the Comorian community whom he greets “
great dignity
”.
Saturday morning, the Comoros' ambassador to France Ahamada Ahmadi also went there, alongside the mayor of the city Emmanuelle Ménard.
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Since I became mayor, I have not had any elements, particular reports
" concerning a possible unsanitary condition of the building, "
but it will be closely watched by the State services and it will be under investigation to determine all of this
, ”commented on the day of the tragedy, Ms. Ménard.
The city has opened a psychological help cell.
The owner of the premises was also heard by the investigators.
Nearly 70 firefighters, around fifty gendarmes, including investigators from the Bressuire research brigade, criminal identification technicians and experts from the National Gendarmerie's criminal research institute were mobilized on Friday.