An impressive cloud of smoke hangs over rue de Malleville in Enghien-les-Bains.
This Sunday evening, around 8 p.m., a fire broke out in the Girardin clinic, closed since 2011. About fifty firefighters and ten vehicles are mobilized to put out the fire, which according to the first elements started from the last floor before to spread to the roof.
“It's isolated.
There are no risks reassures the mayor (DVD), Philippe Sueur.
The pavilions are far away and the clinic has been closed for almost ten years.
We have no worries.
It's a big building that's empty with some medical furniture.
At one time, the site was very guarded, this is no longer the case.
We have already had an alert, ”continues the city councilor, who evokes the track of urbex amateurs.
“These are probably young explorers who visited the site.
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Housing must be built in its location.
Disused, the old clinic, also known as the private hospital of Enghien, was bought by the Vinci real estate group to build housing.
The city has reserved 1,500 m2 there for a health centre.
Only, "the construction site is slow to start due to litigation", explains the mayor.
Enough to encourage the curious to visit the site, located in a neighborhood near the tourist area.
