"I've Acted Instinctively, I Don't Consider Myself a Hero": the Occupants of a Building in the Midst of a Fire Evacuated by Their Young Neighbour

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When a fire broke out on the 5th floor of his building, a 19-year-old boy did not hesitate to brave the danger to help his neighbours. Corentin became the hero of his neighbourhood in Vénissieux. Two days after the facts, he testified.

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On Thursday 14 August, a violent fire was declared on the fifth floor of a building in Venissieux, in the suburbs of Lyon. Living just above the firehouse, Corentin did not hesitate for a second. He crossed the smoky corridors to help his family, then his neighbours, striking at the doors under a thick smoke. At RTL's microphone, he confided that his action seemed to him "very normal". Despite a beginning of discomfort to the lungs and some scra…