At 6.00 pm, a power shovel operating in a public road damaged a gas distribution pipeline. The firefighters were informed and were onsite along with the gas company. During exploration, an explosion followed by a fire occurred at the level of a detached house located near the construction site.

The detached house was completely destroyed and eight people sustained injuries including 4 residents and one fire-fighter who were seriously injured.

The police set up a 50 m safety perimeter. The leak was stopped at 6.20 pm. The fire-fighters installed two variable flow nozzles and extinguished the fire at 11.00 pm. Eighty houses were deprived of gas for 3 hours. According to the press, none of the maps showed the presence of the pipeline.