Le Figaro Nantes
The stormy episode will have been intense.
Wednesday afternoon, around 5:30 p.m., the sky suddenly darkened in Nantes and its surroundings.
Heavy rainfall and numerous lightning strikes occurred.
Proof of the intensity of this meteorological event, the firefighters carried out 24 interventions
"for various operations",
in one hour,
"mainly in the Nantes conurbation".
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“73 firefighters and 26 vehicles were mobilized”
on this occasion, indicates the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis).
One of the interventions took place in the town of Couëron, located about fifteen kilometers west of Nantes.
Covering and building evaluation
The emergency services were mobilized for a fire on the roof of a house.
This was caused by lightning which struck the house.
Arriving on the scene, the twenty firefighters mobilized did not need to use a lance.
Heavy rainfall had already extinguished the flames.
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On the spot, the relief carried out
“operations of tarpaulin and building evaluation”
to estimate the extent of the damage.
The ceiling of a room, located upstairs, was notably cracked.
“Everything exploded, the sockets, the meter, the lights in the hood.
We thought the TV was imploding
,” testified the couple of owners, shortly after the shock, to
Ouest-France
.
