The house is hidden by a few trees bordering the departmental road 660, to the south-west of Bergerac.
But you just have to go a few meters down the Allée des Grands-Ducs, opposite the Eurenco factory, classified Seveso, for it to be fully revealed.
Paul* and his friend are on their balcony.
They have lived there for five years, a stone's throw from the factory.
A last cigarette is toasted before closing this day which will have seen Bergerac experience one of the worst industrial accidents in its history.
For Paul, it started, like every day, "between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m." before switching at 1:53 p.m., when several explosions sounded from a building of the Munaco company, on the Eurenco site.
80 people are specialized in the manufacture of nitrocellulose, used in the composition of powders and explosives.
The balance sheet is heavy:
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