Thursday, March 9 in the morning, a fire broke out in a family home after an explosion. 4 bodies have already been found.
A dramatic explosion took place very early in the morning of Thursday March 9, inside the house where a family of 5 lived according to information from the regional newspaper 24 hours. Located in Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland, the family villa was then decimated by the flames. The firefighters quickly arrived on the spot and the results are already tragic. 4 bodies were found in the rubble. It was the police who were notified of the explosion around 6:40 am, as indicated in a press release published during the day.
If 4 bodies have already been found, a child is still actively sought in the rubble of the villa destroyed by the flames. A dramatic explosion of which we do not yet know the causes. The police have appealed for witnesses to find the child and an investigation was opened to determine how this tragedy could have happened.
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A dramatic explosion in the family villa
The fire was brought under control in the noon hour by the 24 firefighters present on the scene. The explosion, followed by a fire, also mobilized three ambulances, six gendarmerie patrols and three police patrols from Nord Vaudois. The police quickly communicated on the drama in progress in this villa where resided a family of 5, a couple and their 3 daughters, according to the first information from the 24 hour newspaper. The city of Yverdon-les-Bains reacted quickly in a press release: “This tragic event claimed several victims, including children educated in the schools of the City (…) The Municipality expresses to the family of the victims, as to the loved ones, its most sincere condolences.” As for the witnesses, a neighbor told what she saw at Keystone-ATS. According to her, the explosion was: “so loud and loud. I suddenly felt my whole room shaking. She also explained that she “heard screams” following the explosion and having seen the “huge flames” who destroyed the house.
The investigation was entrusted to the fire unit and the scientific police brigade of the security police to determine the causes of this tragedy.