Devastating Storm Hits Scout Camp: 112 Emergency Response and Evacuation in Herbeumont

2023-08-15 06:51:24

Their scout camp was supposed to end at the end of the week but the very violent storm which broke out last night decided otherwise: under the power of the precipitation, buildings gave way, a tent flew away and a great fright erupted. is captured by the participants. Around 4 a.m., the officials then contacted 112: the firefighters, the police and the mayor of Herbeumont descended on the spot, as Catherine Mathelin explains:

“We immediately took the decision to open a village hall to accommodate these young people; 4 teenagers were then hospitalized, but mainly because they were very stressed. This camp is located in Straimont, in the fields, it is surrounded forests and some trees have fallen or threaten to do so and when we were called, the road was also being cleared, the storm was very very violent. week, the decision was made to stop the camp.”

The parents were therefore invited to pick up their children, none of them seem to have been injured.

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