A69 freeway: a structure destroyed by fire last night in Saïx next to the ZAD, firefighters and gendarmes pelted with stones
La Dépêche/France Bleu, August 23, 2024 (extract)

An impressive fire destroyed a structure on the A69 freeway construction site in Saïx (Tarn), between Castres and Toulouse, on Thursday night, in the Parc du Dicosa, opposite the “cal’arbre” ZAD. At around 1:30 a.m., several groups of hooded individuals threw stones at the area, forcing the security guards to take cover. According to our information, a third group set fire to the structure. The Atosca dealership reports the use of several Molotov cocktails.

In any case, this massive formwork, a wood and metal structure, burst into flames. The fire department and gendarmes intervened, but were met with a barrage of stones. Law enforcement officials say there were “around thirty individuals, probably from the neighboring ZAD”. Operations to extinguish the fire were thus delayed, and the blaze, which was nearly under control by 6:30 a.m., was still in progress at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, with firefighters even having to return to the site.

The structure destroyed was a formwork for casting the central pier of a bridge, “a very specific structure”, according to Walter Guyonvarch, project manager at builder NGE. The future bridge will enable the current RN 126 to pass over the future A69 freeway. “The consequences will be considerable,” says Walter Guyonvarch. Just to install the formwork needed to pour the concrete for the pier, “it takes a month of work”. The technician sighs: “Our work over the last month has been ruined by this fire”.

This act comes against a backdrop of heightened tensions in Saïx, just a few days before September 1 and the legal possibility for the resumption of felling trees along the construction site route.

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