Sixty families remain deprived of access to their accommodation rue Saint-Jacques (5th arrondissement) in Paris, two weeks after the explosion followed by a fire in a historic building which left one dead and 58 injured.
“The emergency is access to their housing for around sixty families”, since relocated by social landlords, with relatives or in a hotel, declared the mayor of the 5th arrondissement, Florence Berthout, during a meeting. update on this drama at the Council of Paris.
The mayor of the 5th arrondissement hopes to see the work completed before the end of the summer
Nine addresses are affected by an order prohibiting access and housing, said the borough hall: the collapsed 17th century pavilion, which housed a private fashion school, the three neighboring buildings hosting a music school, a Catholic educational institution and a mutual insurance company, and five apartment buildings, including two social housing and three private condominiums.
Central and district town halls are supporting the condominium trustees and architects for the “most urgent work” with a view to the reintegration of these dwellings, underlined Florence Berthout, who hopes “that this work can be carried out before the end of the ‘summer “.
Aid of two million euros to support the victims
The elected Horizons recalled the results of the explosion of June 21, still reporting “about sixty injured, four of whom are still in a state of absolute emergency”, and one death, “that of a teacher whose body was found by firefighters after a six-day search.
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, who announced aid of two million euros on June 26 to support the professionals and residents affected, assured that “all the light will be shed on the conditions of this explosion”.
A mission entrusted to the opposition
Even if the origin of the explosion “remains to be elucidated”, “the question of an origin linked to gas has been the subject of legitimate questions from the population”, continued the elected socialist, announcing a “mission transpartisan” on “the terms and conditions for the execution of the gas concession in Paris entrusted to GRDF”.
The presidency of this mission will be entrusted to the opposition and its conclusions “must be returned before the end of the year”, and shared with justice “in order to participate in the manifestation of the truth”, affirmed Anne Hidalgo.
The opponent Rachida Dati had requested, in 2021, “a general audit of the Parisian gas network, in a letter to Anne Hidalgo which was not followed up”, recalled her group Thursday to the press.