Gers: Fire in a retirement home: three victims in urgent need of emergency care
The fire broke out on the ground floor of a retirement home near Toulouse during the night from Sunday to Monday.
17 people were injured. Photo Sipa/François Greuez
A fire broke out on the ground floor of a retirement home near Toulouse overnight Sunday to Monday, injuring 17 people, around ten of whom had to be evacuated, firefighters said.
Poisoned by the significant smoke coming out of this nursing home in Isle-Jourdain (Gers), three victims in critical condition – two 85-year-old men and an 86-year-old woman – had to be evacuated to Purpan hospital in Toulouse.
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Some 70 firefighters and 25 emergency vehicles were mobilized shortly before 3 a.m. to respond to the fire, which was caused by a mattress fire and generated "a lot of smoke on the upper floors," said a spokesperson for the Gers Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS).
In total, 81 people were in the facility, including 75 residents and six employees. "The facility will not be usable initially given the damage caused by the smoke from the fire," the SDIS warned.
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