A fire broke out this Sunday evening in a 4-storey building at the Residence Molinel in Wasquehal. The fire started in the stairwell where a mattress had been stored, it spread to a first floor apartment where a lady and her 2 children were.
– Antoine Barege
The children jumped from the window and were caught by residents, the mother who also jumped, suffered an ankle injury. In the neighboring apartments, 3 children and 6 adults were slightly poisoned by the flames.
“It’s human stupidity“explains the town hall of Wasquehal this Sunday evening, the mattress seems to have been deliberately set on fire. The building had just been renovated. 8 families had to be relocated this Sunday evening. A hundred people were evacuated during the ‘intervention.