A 70-year-old woman was injured by the explosion of a gas bottle on the roof of a building in Quimper (Finistère) this Wednesday evening.
The victim was taken to the hospital in a state of relative emergency.
Fifteen other occupants of the building were evacuated, says
Le Télégramme
.
Thirty firefighters in action
They were able to return to their respective homes at the end of the evening, said Françoise Dorval, deputy mayor.
Firefighters were first alerted that a fire had broken out at the top of the building.
The flames then caused the explosion.
The causes of the fire were still unknown this Wednesday evening.
Thirty firefighters were mobilized.
They extinguished the flames in a few tens of minutes.
"Apparently, there was insulation work on the roof" of the building where the fire broke out, said Françoise Dorval.
The explosion, which occurred around 7:40 p.m., frightened local residents and caused a column of black smoke visible from afar.
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