The disaster scenario happened in Morges
A roof caught fire in a house in the city center, while the street was crowded at market time.
The building at Grand-Rue 41 was ravaged by flames. Four people from three households resided there. A shop on the ground floor and a fiduciary office on the 1st floor are also concerned.
LUCAS PHILIPPOZ/24Hours
“A fire in the old town on a market day has always been the fear of firefighters,” breathes the syndic Mélanie Wyss, who arrived during the intervention. Thierry Charrey, the commander of SIS Morget, does not deny: “For the people who have lost everything today, it’s a tragedy, but it could have been much more serious.” We came close to disaster on Saturday in the center of Morges. Fortunately, if the fire that broke out in a roof at 11:20 a.m. was a worst-case scenario, the firefighters managed to give it a less dramatic end.