A commemorative plaque was unveiled this Wednesday at Fort Lacroix, Bastia, where firefighter François-Marie Ercole died on September 23, 1946, at the age of 34, during the explosion of ammunition as he intervened on a fire of maquis. 80 years after his death, this tribute recalls the memory of the first Corsican firefighter dead by fire. (Photos: Gérard Baldocchi) 80 years after his death, his name is finally inscribed on the places where he lo…
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A commemorative plaque was unveiled this Wednesday at Fort Lacroix, Bastia, where firefighter François-Marie Ercole died on September 23, 1946, at the age of 34, during the explosion of ammunition as he intervened on a fire of maquis. 80 years after his death, this tribute recalls the memory of the first Corsican firefighter dead by fire. (Photos: Gérard Baldocchi) 80 years after his death, his name is finally inscribed on the places where he lo…