“The bartender wanted to stir up the flame by launching alcohol”: a young student plunged in an artificial coma after being seriously burned in a nightclub

A young woman was seriously burned in the “You” nightclub in Antibes-Juan-les-Pins (Alpes-Maritimes). Meanwhile, The incident occurred on the night of Saturday July 26 to Sunday 27 July, around 2:30 a.m., according to information from Var-Matin.

The victim. 22 years old and aesthetics student in Nice for five months, was burned on 20 % of his body. In the 2nd and 3rd degree, according to the testimony of his brother.

The emergency services that took care of her. first transported her to the Antibes Hospital Center, from where she was evacuated to the Gauce Burnt Hospital in Marseille.

She “the bartender wanted stir up was plunged into an artificial coma.

According to the same source, witnesses tell on social networks that the flames come from the bar. “I was present at the same time five meters during the accident. indeed the girl was completely burned by the flames coming from the bar next door,” said a woman.

“The younger’s bartender would have burst shooters and the hair and the girl’s chest would have ignited,” says another witness.

“Water and ice cubes” – "the bartender wanted stir up

The victim’s brother says: “There was a fiery cocktail bar. My sister was there, at a reasonable distance. But the bartender wanted to stir up the flame by launching alcohol. My sister took a throw of alcohol and she ignited.”

He deplores the lack of responsiveness of club staff who “did nothing apart from putting it outside with water. ice cubes”. The firefighters were reportedly contacted by the victim’s friends.

The direction of the nightclub has not. for the time being, immediately gave the requests of our colleagues, to whom the Antibes police station has confirmed that an investigation has been opened and that hearings are underway to shed light on the circumstances which led to this serious incident.