A warehouse near the Nice-Ouest municipal pound, on avenue Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, was engulfed in a violent blaze this Friday afternoon. The fire, which released a large plume of black smoke, driven by a violent wind, required the intervention of 73 firefighters, three of whom were “slightly injured”, indicated the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service ( Sdis) of the Alpes-Maritimes.
One of the men had to be taken to hospital, the other two were inconvenienced by the fumes. During the operation, two people were also evacuated but they “were unharmed”, Sdis 06 also reported.
“A company that hosts event equipment”
The fire, which broke out early in the afternoon, was “contained” a little before 5 p.m., the service said. “The rapid intervention of firefighters and the use of seven fire hoses, including one on a ladder, made it possible to limit the fire to 300 m2 of a 2,800 m2 building,” he also said. made known.
According to the Nice Côte d’Azur metropolis, cited by Nice morning, the warehouse concerned is an “annex which hosts “non-core” activities of the MIN d’Azur”, the markets of national interest located in the area. The premises would be “rented to a company which hosts event equipment”, according to the community.