A 21 -year -old woman very seriously burned in a nightclub; direction and witnesses express themselves

The customers of this nightclub are not about to forget their evening which ended with a drama. While the party is in full swing on the night of this Saturday, July 26, and for a still indeterminate reason, a young woman of 21 was burned on a large part of the body. The victim, very seriously injured, was placed in artificial coma. His brother testifies.

What happened to the “You” disco in Juan-les-Pins on the night of Saturday to Sunday July 27? Since this weekend, social networks have evoke an accident, a “Young girl burned all over the body”.

A precise witness: “j‘was present at the same time 5 meters during the accident actually the girl completely burned by the flames which came from the bar right next to it there was a crowd movement inside the nightclub and the firefighters arrived a few minutes later, no news since and nothing on the networks. It was traumatic! “.

According to information from France 3 Côte d’Azur, it is a shooter (also called Shot, a small alcoholic cocktail) Flamed by the bartender, who would have reached the hair of a client and would have burned her on a large part of the body.

This other customer who wishes to keep anonymity, delivers a terrifying story.

“I was at the bar, very close to her,” says the young man still traumatized. Suddenly, I feel that she grabs my shoulder, at the same time, I receive a glare of glass in the eye, I see that she too. “

The rest is even more terrifying: “I see a flame like getting out of her left shoulder, she looks at me and shouts, at that time I don’t know what to do, very quickly the flames win her face, she takes fire! Fortunately, she thinks of taking off her T-shirt” Before ultimately other people intervene to limit the damage by trying to stifle the fire with linen, while many others find nothing better than filming, which will deeply shock our witness.

A person not present in the establishment, but obviously well informed also says: “The bartender of the” you “would have soared shooters and the hair as well as the girl’s chest would be burned, this is the story that I heard nothing safe, to check.”

A version confirmed by the victim’s brother who was not in the disco at the time of the facts:

It was during the flambée of cocktails, the bartender, wanted to reactivate the flame, he gave alcohol. My sister who was a meter from the bar was burned in his t-shirt, it was the other customers who have rescued him, the staff did not help her.

The victim’s brother.

He explains to France 3 after having collected the story of friends who attended the evening.

Still according to him, the victim and his two friends were then put outside “Unremation” (What the disco firmly disputes) and the evening would have continued as if nothing had happened.

This Monday morning, on Facebook, he says he is looking for witnesses :

If someone has witnessed the facts or has information on what happened, I would be very grateful to contact me in order to explain to us what you have seen or what you know. Thank you in advance for your help. “

An accident confirmed in France 3 Côte d’Azur by the communications department of the Alpes-Maritimes firefighters who were called to rescue the victim.

An investigation has already been diligent by the Antibes police station which confirms the event to France 3, specifying that for the time being “The circumstances of the accident remain to be determined”.

The young client, seriously injured, probably up to the third degree, was helicoptered to the service of the Gallows Brûlés at the Timone Hospital in Marseille. She was plunged into a coma given the severity of her injuries.

Contacted by France 3, Sébastien Taupin, one of the leaders of the place wishes to provide details this Monday afternoon: “I confirm the incident to you”. HASPlayful: “Has the bartender overthrow the bottle of alcohol on the shooter, I cannot say it at this stage.”

Sébastien Taupin claims that he prohibits the practice of reactivating a flame in his walls, due to the danger, explaining that his employee is “very shocked” by what happened. He was auditioned by the police. No trace of alcohol or drug intake was detected in the blood of this 35-year-old bartender, experienced, it is still said with the management of “you”.

The young woman’s family said her wish to file a complaint against the establishment, pointing to the attitude of the bartender who, following this case, was laid off. For the time being, the victim’s state remains worrying.

Coming from the United States, the tendency to set fire to cocktails has become a fashionable fashion. Thus, we read on the internet stories of young people burned sometimes in the third degree after having ordered flambé cocktails.