Overview

• The former Ibis Budget hotel on Place-au-Feurre unexpectedly collapsed around midday on August 8, leaving extensive rubble in central Amiens.
• Authorities evacuated about thirty residents from adjacent buildings and established a reinforced security perimeter to secure the area.
• Sapeurs-pompiers d’Amiens coordinated the emergency response alongside Police nationale, Samu 80 and GRDF units.
• Specialized canine and drone teams have been deployed to search for possible victims, and no casualties have been detected so far.
• Investigators are examining a suspected gas leak as a potential trigger for the collapse in a district already under scrutiny for structural risks.