a balcony collapses, two sexagenarians hospitalized in absolute emergency

Two sexagenarians were hospitalized Friday, May 19, in the evening, after the collapse of their balcony, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, learned Agence Radio France from the Paris firefighters, confirming information from the ActuParis site.

This balcony, located on the fifth floor of a six-storey building on Avenue d’Italie, collapsed on the inner courtyard side between 7:40 p.m. and 7:45 p.m., according to the emergency services. The two sixties were present on this balcony at the time of the collapse. Suffering from polytrauma, the victims were hospitalized in absolute emergency. Their vital prognosis being engaged.

About thirty firefighters were mobilized on the spot. The building was not evacuated but a security perimeter was set up by the firefighters. In its fall, the fifth-floor balcony struck a portion of the fourth-floor balcony. Architects are on the scene, this Friday at 9:30 p.m. The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation on Friday for “involuntary injuries resulting in incapacity for work for more than three months”.