Justice: opening of the trial of the fire in rue Erlanger

It is a building still under construction. Four years after a night when ten people lost their lives. It is almost one o’clock in the morning when Claire Mussywho lives on the eighth floor, is awakened by the fire alarm in her apartment. She takes refuge on her balcony. “I attend everything: to people’s despair, to howls, to calls foraid”, she remembers. The fire started in a building on the courtyard. To get there, you have to cross a long corridor.

Responsible for his actions

For the first firefighters to arrive on site, the challenge is daunting. There are nearly a hundred inhabitants to evacuate. The fire was started on the second floor by a woman who blames her neighbor, a firefighter, for being too loud. A few minutes before, she had threatened him. This 40-year-old woman had made numerous stays in a psychiatric hospital. She had only left Sainte-Anne five days before the fire. Experts felt that there was an impairment in her judgment, but that she was responsible for her actions. She faces 30 years in prison.