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Fire in Paris: nine dead and 32 injured, including six firefighters
The toll is devastating: nine tenants have died in a violent fire at an eight-storey block of flats last night in Paris’s 16th arrondissement. Twenty-six other residents and…
Loire: After stealing and setting fire to two fire engines, they have been sentenced to prison terms
Two young men found guilty of stealing and setting fire to two fire engines in Montbrison (Loire) at the end of December were sentenced on Friday evening to 15 months and 18…
Woman found dead, partly devoured by her dogs, in the Ain
According to a report by our colleagues at *Le Progrès*, it was the victim’s 65-year-old husband who alerted relatives on Tuesday. His wife, aged 63, was lying…
Savoie: a ski patroller and first-aider dies following an avalanche
According to information from Secours Info, a 54-year-old ski patroller died in hospital on Wednesday at around 2 pm, after being buried under an avalanche at…
eBrigade: a free web app that’s proving a hit with firefighters and first-aiders
INTERVIEW. Launched in 2004, the eBrigade web application has since been widely used by fire services and accredited civil protection organisations in France. Secours Info spoke to Nicolas Marche,…
Paris: Fire currently raging in a block of flats; several people injured
According to our colleagues at BFMTV, a fire is currently burning in a block of flats at Porte d’Orléans, in Paris’s 14th arrondissement. Several flats on the 8th floor are on fire…
Six months in prison for assaulting the firefighters who were coming to his aid
According to our colleagues at *Le Courrier Picard*, on 18 December, a man driving under the influence crashed into two posts. Firefighters attended the scene to help him, but the driver then began to…
After going missing in Marseille, she was found alive in an attic in the Nord region
A teenage girl who had been reported missing in Marseille since 7 January was found on Wednesday morning in the loft of a house in the town of Eecke, in the Nord department. Since then…
Six years in prison for a drunk firefighter who killed two children whilst driving a tractor
In May 2018, he had knocked down two children whilst driving a tractor under the influence of alcohol. A young firefighter from Paris was sentenced on Wednesday in Rodez to…
Saint-Etienne: a man shot dead
A man was shot dead on Wednesday shortly after 7 pm in the Soleil neighbourhood of Saint-Étienne. According to our information, the victim was alone in his car…
Bastia: one dead, six injured; the gunman took his own life
According to several media outlets, a pedestrian opened fire on passers-by at around 4 pm on Wednesday on a street in the Montesoro neighbourhood of Bastia. One of them died, six…
Cholet firefighters punished by the mayor
To show their anger and concern, the Cholet fire brigade turned their backs on local councillors on 1 December, during the traditional Sainte-Barbe celebrations. The video, posted on…
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