On the night of Monday to Tuesday, a fire broke out in the perimeter of a primary school in Lens, in Pas-de-Calais, we learned from the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS ).
A police source confided that the criminal track was privileged.
The fire started around midnight on Tuesday in the gymnasium adjoining the Jean-Macé elementary school, in front of the Saint Édouard church in Lens.
The intervention of more than thirty firefighters and the implementation of six water hoses made it possible to overcome the flames in the morning and prevent the spread to the rest of the school.
Eleven people had to be evacuated and no injuries were to be deplored, said SDIS 62. The gymnasium, however, was completely destroyed.
[#intervention] operation still in progress: fire in an establishment open to the public in front of the church of Saint Edouard in #Lens.
35 firefighters engaged.
Avoid the area.
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- SDIS 62 (@ ActuSDIS62) September 7, 2021
According to AFP, a police source said that the criminal track would be privileged.
A witness who assured to have seen a man flee.
Another police source confirmed the incident to AFP, without further details on the origin of the fire.
An investigation was opened to determine the causes of the fire.
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