After more than 24 hours of fighting the flames, the toll from the fire in a building in Clermont-Ferrand is particularly heavy: three people died under the rubble, another is still missing and two residents were seriously injured.
Faced with the violence of the flames, several residents had to jump to escape the disaster, breaking their legs before the eyes of the evacuees.
Firefighters remain mobilized to monitor the building, as the building risks collapsing at any time due to structural damage and the risk of additional collapses likely to trap the person still sought under the rubble.
Three people lost their lives and another is missing after a fire which ravaged a building in Clermont-Ferrand, in the Puy-de-Dôme department.
An individual known to the police, residing nearby in the town of Aubière, was heard by witnesses boasting about the disaster.
Emergency services report two residents seriously injured during this tragedy which significantly damaged the building.
The fire quickly spread throughout the building, considerably weakening the structure and complicating the operations of the intervention teams on site.
This particularly heavy toll comes after more than 24 hours of fierce fight against the flames led by the emergency services.
According to the prosecutor, the toll of the victims was established after this critical day.
After more than 24 hours of struggle, the toll announced by the prosecutor is heavy.