Panicking, the student jumped from the second floor. An electric scooter is believed to be the source of the fire.
At 9:30 am, Thursday January 6, a fire broke out on the 2nd floor in a small studio in building C of the Dolet du Crous residence in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme). Distraught, the student jumped out the window to escape the flames that had invaded her room, according to information from France Bleu Pays d’Auvergne, verified by Le Figaro. The student concerned was transported in absolute urgency to the Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital. His state of health is considered worrying. Another resident, who swallowed toxic fumes, was also hospitalized.
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“The student panicked and jumped out the window», Declared the deputy director of Crous Clermont Auvergne, Marie-Christine Guillot present on site Thursday morning at France Bleu Pays d’Auvergne.
An electric scooter involved
The battery of an electric scooter charging in the student’s room would be the cause of the fire, according to the first elements of the investigation. 41 firefighters were mobilized to extinguish the fire and evacuate the 76 students who were “grouped together in a roomTo protect them from the smoke of the fire.
When I got out, in speed and in my pajamas, I saw the fumes. I panicked, because my brother was sleeping and not answering the phone.
A student from the Dolet du Crous residence
One of the residents, quoted by France Bleu Auvergne, testified to the shock she suffered. “I was on the phone when the alarm went off. When I got out, in speed and in my pajamas, I saw the fumes. I panicked a bit, because my brother (also resident at Crous) was sleeping and not answering the phone. In addition, we are in exam period, so I have doubly panicked. I had a sleepless night … I hope the student who jumped will be okay.“
Relocate evacuated students
The rehabilitation of the building, brought up to standard last September, prevented the fire from spreading to the other rooms. Some homes were nevertheless damaged by the intervention of the firefighters, which required the deployment of significant resources to bring the fire under control. “Some of the students were able to return to their accommodation at the end of the afternoon after checking the various safety devices and restarting the heating and electricity.», Told the Figaro Élodie Dubec, communications officer at the Crous de Clermont-Ferrand. Other rehousing solutions will nevertheless have to be found to accommodate the other part of the evacuated students.
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