Haute-Loire: a chemical mixture linked to a cause war game … – Liberation

A chemical mixture “uncontrolled” to make handicrafts fumigants used in “Airsoft” type war games seems to be the cause of the violent explosion in Haute-Loire Saturday that killed three teenagers.

On Saturday, around 17:00, the explosion was heard in the village of Bas-en-Basset. She came from an abandoned house in the hamlet of Ranchevoux, not far from the town, where young people were accustomed to meet.

Arriving quickly at the scene, firefighters and doctors Samu, assisted by the gendarmerie, had discovered the lifeless bodies of three young people aged 14 to 16 years. A fourth teenager was still in serious condition Sunday at St. Stephen’s Hospital in forty kilometers.

After the investigations of scientific investigators, demining services and gendarmerie, which lasted all night, the deputy prosecutor in Puy-en-Velay, Yves Dubuy, made state Sunday morning traces of “significant acetone and hydrochloric acid” found in the debris.

Two chemical components used in particular to make smoke bombs used in a combat simulation game outdoors, “Airsoft” whose gun was also found near the explosion.

This game is a Paintball cousin who practice with real war weapon replicas, but pulling logs. Followers of Airsoft are often dressed in military uniforms when they play in nature

-. Recipes on the Internet –

“I was surprised to discover recipes Complete on the internet on websites such irresponsible gambling Airsoft + +. This mixture (acetone and acid, ed) is frequently used to smoke in a purely recreational purposes, “said the magistrate.

Unstable by nature, the mixture does seem -he used by victims and “poorly controlled” is “very sensitive to high temperatures,” added Mr. Dubuy, gold Saturday “it was very hot.”

A judicial inquiry was opened for “Research the causes of death.”

“It’s been years that young people go to the scene, they band gather there,” he told AFP Mayor Bas-in -Basset Gilles David, saying he was not aware of the practice game.

The four victims, residents in the area and enrolled in the nearby town of Monistrol-sur-Loire, “are all young people without history”, “they have never made known to adversely Gendarmerie or justice,” according to Deputy Prosecutor

-. Smoke to play Airsoft –

Airsoft equipment sales are numerous sites on the internet. Fumigants are used to simulate explosions or create smoke screens to launch an attack or to cover a retreat, it said.

The game, which is open to minors, is framed by a French Airsoft Federation (FFA), which brings together thousands of followers within the “territorial committees”.

“Unfortunately there are many videos on the internet that teach to people to smoke or IEDs which are generally made with unstable products, these are things we especially encourage don’ts “responded by telephone on BFMTV Benedict Marius, president of the FFA.

It worked for two years to obtain approval for Youth and Popular Education to officially recognize the Airsoft by the authorities.