A fire broke out at 3 a.m. on the night of Thursday October 29 to Friday October 30 in a dead end street in downtown Clermont-Ferrand, in Puy-de-Dôme.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the fire was of criminal origin. Witnesses reportedly heard him bragging about the fire.
The fire ravaged five floors of a building and claimed the lives of four people.
This Saturday, October 31 in the evening, around ten firefighters are still on site to extinguish the last fumaroles and secure the building which still threatens to collapse.
According to the prosecutor, a woman and three men died in the disaster. An investigation has been opened while a young man has already been placed in police custody. “I jumped to the second floor, onto the terrace and then I jumped below,” says one man.
At 3 a.m., on the night of Thursday October 29 to Friday October 30, the fire broke out in a dead end street in downtown Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme).
An investigation has been opened while a young man has already been placed in police custody.
According to the prosecutor, a woman and three men died in this building.
I jumped to the second floor, onto the terrace and then I jumped below,” one man said.
In the dead of night, flames ravaged five floors of a building.