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Devastating fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris
A fire broke out on Monday evening at around 6.20 pm at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, which is “potentially linked” to renovation work on the building, according to the fire brigade…
Indre-et-Loire: four firefighters hospitalised following an explosion
Four firefighters from the Indre-et-Loire SDIS were injured at dawn on Monday morning whilst responding to a flat fire in a block of flats in Tours-Nord. According to our colleagues at France…
Montpellier: Firefighters collide with a vehicle; the driver is trapped
A fire engine belonging to the SDIS 34 fire service, which was on its way to an incident involving an “explosion followed by a fire” in Montpellier, collided with another vehicle on the road on Saturday evening. A…
Paris: a crane is in danger of collapsing; residents have been evacuated
According to a report from our colleagues at BFM Paris, a construction crane on Rue de l’Assomption, in Paris’s 16th arrondissement, is in danger of collapsing. According to our information, the…
An investigation has been launched into the Gers emergency medical service following a "serious incident"
A 15-year-old girl is in a coma following a skateboarding accident that took place in early April near her home. For reasons that remain unexplained…
Bouches-du-Rhône: firefighters trained to subdue attackers
In response to the distressing rise in the number of attacks on firefighters, the management of the Bouches-du-Rhône SDIS is offering its staff a training module on how to respond and…
Béziers: pupils at a secondary school placed under lockdown; police on the scene
According to our colleagues at *Midi Libre*, a man armed with a knife is reported to have entered the grounds of the Lycée Jean-Moulin in Béziers, in the Hérault department, on Tuesday morning. Staff at the…
Civil protection: video of a helicopter crashing into a power line goes viral
WEB VIEWS. 770,000 views and nearly 10,000 shares – that’s the reach of a video recently posted on Facebook, in which we can see the Civil Protection helicopter, the…
Mali: French military doctor killed by an explosive device, the Élysée Palace announces
The man was killed during an operation against armed terrorist groups on Tuesday 2 April. A French military doctor was killed during an operation against…
Assaults on firefighters: new measures to prevent and tackle the problem
In a telegram sent on 29 March to the civil and public security forces, Christophe Castaner, the Minister for the Interior, calls for new measures to be put in place before…
Tragedy in China: 30 firefighters killed in a forest fire
At least 30 firefighters have died in China in a wildfire that has ravaged a high-altitude mountainous area in the south-west of the country, it was announced today…
Hérault: a volunteer firefighter confesses to starting five fires
According to our colleagues at Métropolitain, a 24-year-old volunteer firefighter with the Hérault SDIS, based at the Ceilhes-et-Rocozels fire and rescue station, confessed this weekend…
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