Le Figaro Lyon
Eleven families affected by the deadly fire that took place in Vaulx-en-Velin at the end of 2022 are today calling on the authorities and their insurers to come to their aid.
"
Four months later, eleven families are still in a situation of abandonment and are still waiting for permanent accommodation
", denounced to the press Laetitia Berriguiga, president of the Association of victims of the fire of Barques, name of the street of the burnt building.
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On the night of December 15 to 16, a fire broke out in this degraded condominium in the working-class district of Mas du Taureau and spread to the seven floors from the ground floor, killing 10 people, including four. children.
Most of the victims, 27 families, had first been urgently relocated to a high school boarding school, before being placed in temporary accommodation.
Among these, seven families - some with five or six dependent children - remain placed in temporary accommodation, and four, in an irregular or precarious situation, remain accommodated at the hotel by the town hall, explained Laetitia Berriguiga, regretting for not having received a suitable proposal from the metropolis of Lyon or the prefecture for these people.
A “priority file” for the public authorities
Contacted by AFP, the metropolis said it had "
made proposals to all families
", referring to a "
priority file
".
But, the association replied that housing had to be refused because "
not secure
", "
outside requested areas
", or "
too small
".
For its part, the prefecture stressed that "
a rehousing cell mobilizing the services of the State, the Metropolis and the City meets every week to take stock
" of the situation of each household with a view to its relocation.
Insufficient for Yves Hartemann, the lawyer for the group of victims: “
Among these families, there are two types of cases.
Those who had the possibility of being rehoused because they have either family or financial capacity, sometimes in rather precarious conditions.
And the others who are in Formula 1 type hotels or in very precarious accommodation sometimes far from their sector
”.
Responsibilities in question
The latter also calls on insurers to come to the aid of these families.
“
For the moment, the criminal investigation has not revealed any conclusions on the possible responsibilities and the main perpetrators are obviously not identified for the moment.
We are going to put together a file to identify those indirectly responsible, whether it is the trustee or the insurance companies.
Perhaps even look more broadly at who did not do their job in this story or the point of the deal was known to everyone
, ”explains the council.
Who also deplores the contrast with the situation of the victims of the collapse of rue Tivoli in Marseille for whom, according to him, "
insurers have mobilized alongside the prefecture and the town hall
to provide them with emergency cash advances and relocation costs.
Pending possible legal progress, the collective met on Wednesday with the Interministerial Delegate for Victim Assistance in the hope of unblocking their situation.