Fire of a squatted building: "It had to happen!"

Namur

A man was injured while jumping out the window

Firefighters in the NAGE Zone (Namur, Andenne Gembloux and Eghezée) intervened on Friday morning in the rue Grouchy Army to control a fire that broke out in a building that is now empty, but the place of residence, the In the evening, about twenty squatters!

As residents reported, by calling for help, a significant release of smoke, the police decided to close the street to traffic to allow men to fire

At first sight, the building did not suffer too much from the fire: the facade seems intact! According to local residents, the flames are mainly attacked at the back of the house! It would be in the back a man preferred to jump from a window to escape the fire and especially avoid the police: he was evacuated to the CHR. Four other men, also in an illegal situation, were taken out of the flames.

In the neighborhood, everyone is of the same opinion: " It had to happen! There are too many people living in these buildings ! "said one of them taking us to witness.

On the side of Baghdad Bazaar, the boss explains that his neighbors are not frequent people:" Not good! thieves! ", he says, making alas universal signs. He explains to us that they come from North Africa, go through Marseille to come to us, living on flights and expeditions!

The City declared that currently, nothing is planned to relocate these people !

Yesterday at the end of the day, the parquet floor of Namur specified that the fire was due to a bridging of the electricity meter. The company that owns the building can not be found.

R. Tom