Around 5,000 cars and almost 1,000 public buildings were set on fire in the last few nights of rioting
A 24-year-old firefighter succumbed to his injuries while battling a vehicle fire in Saint-Denis, north of Parislast night, the sixth night of violent incidents in France, the Minister of the Interior announced today.
“A young firefighter of the Paris fire department succumbed despite being helped very quickly by his colleagues,” wrote Gérald Darmanin on Twitter, explaining that the events unfolded in “an underground car park”.
“An investigation is underway” to determine the circumstances under which the vehicles caught fire, the interior ministry added.
So far, the fire, which this firefighter was trying to extinguish, has not been officially linked to the violent incidents that have rocked many cities in France after the death last Tuesday in Nanterre, west of Paris, of 17-year-old Nael, who was killed by police gunfire.
In the previous nights of unrest, until Sunday morning, the interior ministry counted about 5,000 burnt cars, almost 1,000 public buildings set on fire or damaged, 250 attacks on police or gendarmerie units, more than 700 injured in the ranks of the enforcement forces. law.
Source :Skai
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