The abandoned hotel suddenly collapsed in the center of Amiens in the north of France, Informs TASR according to DPA report. Firefighters searched the debris with the help of dogs for several hours, TV France 3 said. The hotel that was closed in 2020, apparently no one was found, Information on possible victims was not immediately known.
- Hotel in Amiens collapsed on Friday afternoon.
- Firefighters searched the debris using rescue dogs.
- Apparently no one was in the moment of the misfortune.
- The police evacuated the surroundings and closed the site of the incident.
- Gas explosion was considered a possible cause.
Records from the camera system have shown that At the time of the incident, no one was on the sidewalk in front of the hotel, The mayor of Amiens Hubert de Jenlis said for the aforementioned station.
In the images to see that the building has completely collapsed and A large number of debris and rubble rolled to the street. Police have closed and evacuated dozens of people from nearby buildings, the wide surroundings of the incident, writes DPA. The explosion occurred around noon and there was concern that it could be a gas explosion, What was originally expected to be a possible cause of the incident.
In France, older buildings in large cities have been collapsed repeatedly, writes DPA. Two years ago, the devastating explosion and the subsequent collapse of the multi -storey building in the center of Paris claimed two life victims. The probable cause was escaping gas. Two years ago, eight people died in Marseille when two neighboring buildings collapsed. At the end of 2022, a man died in Lille, northern France at the end of 2022 after the building was collapsed in the city center.
