La Dépêche du Midi / Monday, October 21, 2024
At least seven trucks burned. A fire broke out on the night of Sunday 20 to Monday 21 October at the Spie Batignolles company in Toulouse, chemin de Gabardie in the Gramont district.
Residents heard explosions coming from the premises of the public works company. Firefighters were called around 4 a.m. for a fire involving 7 dump trucks in the parking lot of the Spie Batignolles company and managed to control the flames. At the height of the intervention, 3 fire-fighting vehicles and 17 firefighters were deployed.
On site Monday morning, the smell of burnt material is persistent. Seven charred wrecks are parked side by side. The front facades of these vehicles are completely charred. A member of the management is appalled: “No doubt it is an arson, we do not wish to say more for the moment.” The company Malet-Spie Batignolles is a regular contractor for highway companies, and it is notably involved in the A69 construction site, which has been denounced by environmental activists.
Given the carcasses still in the parking lot, the fire(s) would have been started at the cabins. The rear of the vehicles was less affected by the flames. The arsonists would likely have used an ignition liquid. Did the fire then spread to the other vehicles? Possible. According to our information, the Spie Batignolles site was under video surveillance and two hooded individuals were reportedly seen on the recordings, entering the construction company’s site around 3:20 AM. Before leaving a few minutes later, as the fire began to spread. Continue reading “Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), France: Spie Batignolle, which works on the A69 and the metro, loses seven trucks”