The fire broke out on Sunday August 28 just following midnight. The attic and the first floor of the restaurant facing the Castillet were devoured by the flames. 60 firefighters are fighting the blaze.
It is an emblematic site in the heart of the city of Perpignan which has been in flames since midnight fifteen, this Sunday August 28, 2022. The restaurant Le Mess, located just opposite the Castillet, is on fire. The fire broke out in the attic of this one-story building. They quickly reached the first floor, where most of the restaurant is located.
60 firefighters are mobilized to fight once morest the high intensity flames. In addition to trying to control the disaster, the firefighters must protect neighboring buildings to prevent them from being affected in turn. A security perimeter has been set up in the heart of the city of Perpignan. Firefighters are also concerned regarding the resistance of the building structure weakened by the flames. A glacier also occupies part of the ground floor.
Intervention on a structural fire in progress in the center of the city of #Perpignan. Firefighters from the CSP Perpignan Nord and Sud are currently mobilized to put out a fire that broke out on the first floor of the former Mess opposite the #Castillet pic.twitter.com/FH6oSepSF1
— SDIS 66 (@SDIS66) August 27, 2022
So far no casualties have been reported. The Mess was currently closed. It was to reopen on August 29. Chef Julien Hermida, formerly of Paul Payret, is at the head of an establishment bought by Abi-Nadir Chukri 18 months ago. The businessman is also the owner of eleven commercial premises in the Cloche d’Or, where he has stopped all renovation work for months. Since then, a conflict opposes it to the City of Perpignan which does not want a project of takeover by investors carrying a project including in particular halal signs.
