The fire that broke out overnight from Wednesday to Thursday August 4 on an industrial site of Safran Landing Systems in Molsheim (Bas-Rhin), classified Seveso "high threshold", has been extinguished, announced the prefecture in a communicated.
“
No casualties are to be deplored
” and “
the measurements carried out by the firefighters on the site confirm at this stage a residual and non-dangerous diffusion of products outside the site
”, specified the prefecture of Bas-Rhin.
“
The measurements will continue within the framework of an enlarged perimeter in order to confirm these elements
”, she however indicated.
Site cordoned off by law enforcement
The affected building "
houses various chemicals, including chromic acid and hydrocyanic acid
", according to the authorities.
Nearly 90 firefighters and 45 vehicles were deployed, managing to control and extinguish the fire.
A departmental operational center was activated in the prefecture while the specific intervention plan was immediately launched with the deployment of an operational command post near the site.
On Twitter, the SDIS 67 called on the population not to go there while the fire was raging: "
Fire in progress rue Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in Molsheim, avoid the area and facilitate access for help
".
The closure of the sector by the police was partially lifted in the early morning, noted an AFP journalist.
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The aeronautics and defense group Safran indicates on the internet that its Molsheim site is a production center for wheels, brakes and equipment for hydraulic braking and landing systems.
He also maintains these systems, and large landing gear, he says.
On Wednesday, eight people, including one in "
critical condition
" were injured by "
several explosions
" on the Eurenco powder site in Bergerac (Dordogne), classified Seveso "
high threshold
".
Seveso sites are classified according to two levels of risk, high threshold and low threshold, depending on the quantity of hazardous materials present.
