The fire started from the attic.
On Sunday, a fire ravaged a small two-storey building in the Chalets district of Toulouse, at number 20 rue du commissaire Jean-Philippe.
It was in the house where this figure of the Resistance lived, who refused to denounce the Jews and went into hiding in 1943, that the fire broke out.
🔴 [APARTMENT FIRE] Since 9 pm the firefighters of the SDIS31 have been working for a top fire at 20 rue du commissaire Philippe, commune of @Toulouse.
They are facing a generalized roof fire on an R+2 building.
2 lances are established to fight against the disaster.
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– Firefighters 31 (@sdis31officiel) January 22, 2023
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Twenty firefighters and two lances were deployed on site for most of the day to put out the flames and prevent the spread to neighboring buildings.
According to the departmental fire and rescue service, no casualties are to be deplored.
This townhouse had been squatted for several months according to the mayor of Toulouse who expressed his "emotion" after the devastation of this historic building by the flames.
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