VINCENNES. A building partially collapsed in Vincennes, Tuesday June 7, 2022. Under construction, the building collapsed on two floors. The Paris police headquarters announces “a light victim” for the moment.
[Mise à jour le 7 juin à 20h03] Concrete piled on concrete. But a structure that still stands in its majority. This is the impressive scene witnessed, since around 5 p.m., by the inhabitants of Vincennes (Val-de-Marne). In this town located east of Paris, a building under construction has indeed partly collapsed, for an undetermined reason at the present time. Two floors of the building collapsed, as shown by several photos posted on social networks. Rescue operations are currently underway. Around 150 firefighters were deployed to the Rue Defrance sector. In addition, dogs and dog handlers were dispatched to the scene.
While the building is located near the crèche and the Clément-Viénot school, the City of Vincennes announced that all the children had been evacuated and brought to safety. According to a spokesperson for the fire department, all the workers were evacuated in time. There would not be any victims. Checks are underway as a precaution. In addition, the Paris police headquarters announced that a “slight victim” had been taken care of: “56 workers usually present on the site have already been identified as safe and sound (apart from the slight injury) “.
A building partially collapses in Vincennes
It was around 5 p.m. on Tuesday when a loud explosion was heard in Vincennes. The reason ? A building had just partially collapsed. This is a building undergoing work, located at the intersection of rue Defrance and rue Clément-Vienot, near a nursery and a school, but also a stone’s throw from the town’s fire station. “A huge noise, terrible, and suddenly there was a lot of dust”, tells theAFPcited by France info, a nearby trader. For now, the reasons for this collapse are not yet known. While the building has been under construction for two years, the structure would have been particularly weakened following this collapse.
Building under construction has partly collapsed on #Vincennes pic.twitter.com/OU386tdsQ4
What is the human toll of this collapse?
The partial collapse of the building worries about the possible human toll of such a disaster. At this stage, the authorities have not given a report. “We do not yet know the human toll” quickly tweeted the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, while the police headquarters indicated that searches were being carried out by the Paris firefighters to search for possible victims.