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In Gironde, rescuers are on deck. Objective: to prevent drowning. At the same time, in Paris, a balcony collapsed injuring two people. In Indre, a festival attracts thousands of people despite the prefecture’s ban. More explanations.
On a beach in Gironde, it’s time to prevent drowning. On a busy weekend, experienced lifeguards go to swimmers who are often unaware of the danger. “There you are going to a place where there is a little current so I ask you to be very careful”explains one of them to a vacationer. “I heard about currents, people who were carried away by the famous baïnes. After how it works and the phenomenon itself no, I’m not really aware”explains the swimmer.
A balcony collapses, two people have their life prognoses engaged
On May 19, around 8 p.m., a balcony collapsed in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. Two victims are to be deplored. Both aged around sixty, their vital prognosis is engaged. “Suddenly I heard a noise like an explosion. I really thought it was a bomb. Panicking, I went straight to my balcony and looked around me, I saw that no one was there. went out. I turned my head and there I saw my neighbors both unconscious”, says a neighbor.
That same day, the arrival in Indre of thousands of festival-goers caused a reaction. Despite the ban from the prefecture, one of the biggest electronic music festivals in France, the Teknival, is held in a village of 100 inhabitants. 23,000 people were present on May 19. An unprecedented crowd.
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