In addition, two other people are missing. The fire broke out at dawn in a hostel in the town of Wintzenheim, where a group of young people with intellectual disabilities from Nancy were on holiday.
At least nine people have been killed in France and two others remain missing at the fire of a hostel in the town of Wintzenheim (Haut Rhin), as reported by fire chief Philippe Hauwiller. A man lived on the spot. mentally handicapped youth group from Nancy.
“We are looking for the remains of the people who could not leave the building. We found nine and two are missing,” explains Philippe Hauwiller, head of the rescue operation.
The fire started nearby 6:30 am this Wednesday in a hostel in the Alsatian city.
“Eleven people from the group of adults from Nancy have not yet been found,” said a statement from the Upper Rhine prefecture (government delegation). The prefecture added that the fire spread quickly and burned 300 of the building’s 500 square meters. .
The firefighters sent an important apparatus of 76 people, eleven vehicles and an emergency medical station, which was accompanied by forty gendarmes.
The group consisted of mentally disabled youth from the city of Nancy, who were on vacation with some monitors. The shelter is part of the public ITEP network, whose centers welcome young people, adolescents and young adults with mental or intellectual development problems.
Source: EITB
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