A 22-year-old volunteer firefighter died Wednesday morning “while fighting a forest fire in Savoie for part of the night,” Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced on X.
It is with deep emotion that I learned of the death this morning of a young volunteer firefighter from SDIS 73, aged 22, who died in action while fighting a forest fire in Savoie for part of the night.
I send my most sincere thoughts to his…
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According to a source close to the case, the young man was swept away shortly after 5:00 a.m. by a falling rock while he was working with a team on a fire in an area with a steep slope.
More information to follow…
