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A "violent fire in the attic" took place Monday evening in a building in a popular district of Strasbourg.
About fifty people had to be evacuated, we learned from the firefighters and the prefecture.
#Strasbourg, Allée Reuss.
Major fire in progress, road blocked.
Firefighters on site, caution.
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The fire, the origin of which is still unknown, broke out around 8 p.m. in a building located on allée Reuss, in the Neuhof district, south of Strasbourg, according to a press release from the firefighters who say they have hired around forty personnel. and about fifteen vehicles.
The people evacuated from this four-story building have been relocated by the city, said the prefecture of Bas-Rhin.
Two hours to control the flames
The fire was finally brought under control at 10 p.m.
"One person was slightly intoxicated by the fumes, another was hypothermic and a third, a bedridden elderly person, also required treatment," indicates the regional daily
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