Man dies in fire at nomad camp

Marine firefighters from Marseille (illustration).

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A “violent fire” in a nomadic camp in Marseille left one dead in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday,

learned

from

sources.

According to our information, the fire broke out at 00:45 on this vacant land of 200 m² located in the 12th arrondissement.

Twenty-seven people were evacuated by marine firefighters, including eleven children.

The camp was burnt to the ground.

A 46-year-old man was found dead in this fire which "would have started from the kitchen of one of the barracks", a police source told AFP.

Nine gas cylinders were found on the spot, according to the marine firefighters.

Explosions were heard by the neighborhood, specifies a police source at

.

"Showing no symptoms", the evacuees were gathered in an advanced medical station while waiting to be relocated, said the marine firefighters.

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