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A detonation powerful enough to blow the windows broke out in the middle of the night in a hotel residence in Saint-Lys, 25 kilometers south-west of Toulouse. The Haute-Garonne firefighters arrived at 2:15 a.m. They are taking care of a slightly injured, a young 20 year old, whom they transported to the CHU of Rangueil.

The explosion occurred in a room in the residence occupied by three people. But when the firefighters arrived, there was only one left. According to France Bleu Occitanie, the other two young people, who are said to suffer from slight burns, drove to the hospital by themselves.

The town of Saint-Lys is located 25 km from Toulouse. - Map4News

Also according to the radio, the explosion could be due to the manipulation of substances on the electric plates of the kitchenette in the room. The investigation was entrusted to the gendarmes. They must question the protagonists to explain this mysterious accidental explosion.

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