An explosion followed by fire occurred around 2 pm inside an 800-m² stone building housing a number of municipal workshops; 1 employee was killed on the spot and 4 others injured, 3 of whom seriously. Fire-fighters set up a 100-m safety perimeter and extinguished the blaze using 2 nozzles.

The building, intended for storing and maintaining tools, sustained considerable damage: walls collapsed and a portion of the roof was blown off. In the rubble, emergency response crews discovered bottles of acetylene, LPG and individual fireworks (bombs). The next day, the land mine removal squad recorded their observations and assumed responsibility for fireworks disposal.

The press suggested the hypothesis of a fireworks explosion triggered by sparks from a grinder. The presence of fireworks at this spot of the building and at this particular time went unexplained; the gendarmerie carried out an investigation for manslaughter.