Yannick Morez, mayor of Saint-Brévin, announced on Wednesday his resignation because of the fire that targeted his home in the commune of Loire-Atlantique. The mayor has been shaken for several months by demonstrations hostile to the project to move a reception center for asylum seekers (Cada) Residents are both surprised and in solidarity with the resigning mayor.

"There has been a deafening silence since the fire," says Philippe Croze, president of the collective of attentive and solidarity.