The legendary room of the BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque burns on this Christmas Day. Terrible news for the club and this enclosure built in 1986. The mayor of Gravelines spoke on France Bleu Nord, confiding that the fire started from a technical problem at the swimming pool. “I think unfortunately the flames will reach the room. This is a very serious accident and everything will probably have to be rebuilt,” he declared.
The fire apparently started around 1 p.m., according to La Voix Du Nord, the entire sports complex was greatly affected. Seven fire stations are currently battling to try to contain the flames. But the wind makes controlling the fire very complicated, it continues to spread while columns of smoke are visible several kilometers around.
Hervé Beddeleem, the executive director of BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque also spoke in La Voix Du Nord: “I am distraught, we are going to lose everything. The room, the changing rooms, the physiotherapist equipment. The players will be without jerseys, without shorts And without shoes since they leave them in the locker rooms… We don’t know what we will become. he announced.
“This match (against Paris) cannot take place and for the following ones we will have to find a solution. It will be difficult in the Dewerdt room in Dunkirk because there are no basketball backboards. The only solutions could lead us to Calais or Portel. But for the moment we know nothing,” he then added. Terrible accident for the BCM players who were relegated at mid-season (4 wins, 12 losses). They were to receive Paris there on Thursday December 28.
