Car fire and explosions close to the headquarters of the French Prime Minister


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You can see in several films published on X Thick, black smoke coming out of the side door of the white van belonging to the company Cielis, responsible for public lighting in Paris, parked for intervention. A security zone was created.
The Parisian fire brigade called to help informed that the flames did not spread to the neighboring buildings, and the vehicle's fire was quickly extinguished. According to the fireman at the scene of the incident, The explosions heard were actually detonations of small containers with aerosolnot gas – says Le Parisien.
The diary adds that Cielis equipment used to detect short circuits. Later, the flames spread to the whole vehicle. In addition, only the awning of the cheese store suffered. No injuries have been reported.
It is not clear what caused a fire. According to The Independent, citing the preliminary findings of the services, the fire began with the company's mechanical defense.
Resignation of the French Prime Minister
The fire occurred on the day when The outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecorn was to meet with members of the central group the day after his resignation. Edouard Philippe, chairwoman of the National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet and chairman of the Senate Gerard Larcher were present.
Lecorn's resignation took place only a day after the ministers were appointed and after only 27 days of holding the prime minister's office. This is the shortest existing row of the fifth republic. – The conditions that would prevent me from holding my functions and enabling the government before the National Assembly have been fulfilled – said the outgoing prime minister on Monday.




