A fire, still going on in the middle of the day, broke out on Monday morning August 1 in a sawmill in the north of Bas-Rhin, causing seven minor injuries, including six firefighters, and destroying three hectares of vegetation.
“
The firefighters (…) were alerted (…) at 7:48 a.m. to a significant release of smoke in a sawmill in Mothern
”, indicated in a press release the departmental fire and rescue service (SDIS 67 ).
When they arrived, an 800m² hangar was already "
totally ablaze
" and the flames had spread "
to a second 1500m² hangar
", according to the same source.
The staff of the site and the neighboring buildings were evacuated, according to the SDIS 67. The "
violent
" fire, the origin of which was not specified, then spread "
to a stock of pallets of around 3000m²
», Destroying for the time being four storage buildings of around 15,000m², according to the SDIS.
Three hectares of vegetation located in the middle of wood stocks also went up in smoke, according to the Bas-Rhin prefecture.
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Six firefighters and a “
civilian
” were slightly injured, according to a provisional report from the firefighters.
"
The protection actions in progress currently make it possible to preserve the administrative building, ten dwellings and a storage area
", according to the same source.
210 firefighters and 95 machines are mobilized, with reinforcements from Haut-Rhin, Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Germany, said SDIS 67 on Twitter.