A fire broke out on Wednesday afternoon in a Seveso “low threshold” factory of the Saipol company. One person was seriously injured, but “his life prognosis is not engaged,” the company said.
The CGT accused its parent company, the Avril group, led by FNSEA president Arnaud Rousseau, on Wednesday of not “learning lessons from the tragedies of the past’ “ “ No risk of toxicity for humans,’ the Hérault prefecture said Thursday after analyzes of air and water samples were carried out after the explosion and fire in Sète, south of France. The company transforms imported rapeseed into protein-rich cakes for animal feed and vegetable oils intended for the production of biofuels, the CGT said Wednesday. The company is a subsidiary of the French oil giant and agrofuel producer, Avril, which is led by the FNSEA boss ArnaUD Rousseau.