Impressive fire in Nanterre, more than 400 confined schoolchildren

The warehouse of a carpentry caught fire on Tuesday in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine).

The fire, very impressive due to the thick black cloud it caused, was brought under control during the day, reports

.

A hundred firefighters from Paris with around thirty devices were mobilized.

At the same time, the 415 schoolchildren and 21 teachers at the Lucie-Aubrac elementary school, located a few hundred meters from the disaster, were confined.

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No victims identified

The children had to remain locked in the establishment until around 4:30 p.m., when the fire was considered contained.

"It was very impressive from a distance but the fire was quickly brought under control because there was a low calorific potential", indicated the spokesman for the firefighters to

.

The fire in the 3,000 m² warehouse fortunately caused no casualties.

An investigation has been opened to determine the circumstances and the cause of this outbreak of fire.

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• Nanterre

• Ile-de-France

• Paris

• Miscellaneous Paris

• Fire

• Firefighters

• Child

• School