A rank of firefighter (illustration).

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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

Les Dernieres d'Alsace

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