79-year-old man badly burned in his burning chalet

A residential chalet of approximately 60m2 was destroyed by a fire this Wednesday at midday in the town of Colombier-le-Vieux in the Nord-Ardèche. Two people were injured during this incident. A 79-year-old man who lives in this chalet was severely burned, he is in absolute emergency and had to be transferred by helicopter to the Edouard-Herriot hospital in Lyon in the service of severe burns. Another 90-year-old man was more lightly injured and evacuated to Annonay hospital. About twenty firefighters intervened to fight the flames. The origin of the incident is unknown for the moment.


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