Fire at the Roubaix police station : 17 police vehicles affected

27th June 2024

During the night, at around 2.20am, there was a fire in the parking area of the central police station of Roubaix. It was police officers returning from an intervention to have noticed significant smoke at the garage. The firefighters quickly intervened on site to prevent the fire from spreading to the police station building. A dozen police vehicles were completely burnt out in the fire, seven others also caught fire. The flames, intense, even reached some of the staff’s personal cars parked above in the outdoor carpark.

According to Benoit Aristidou, departmental secretary of Adjoint Unité SGP Police for the north, the fire could have been accidental according to the first elements: « According to the fire department, the fire started at the back of the garage, at the level of the room where all the confiscations are stored. In this room, there are in particular electric scooters seized, the fire could possibly have come from a scooter’s electric battery. »


The union Unité SGP Police are asking for vehicles on loan right away: «We will run out of vehicles this afternoon. We will ensure that there is a quick solution to assure our missions. Especially with the weekend ahead and the parliamentary elections, we are preparing to maintain order, and the Olympic flame arrives in early July, it really has not happened at the right time.»

via: sansnom translated by Act for freedom now!