Pollution
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Environnement
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A fierce fire in a textile plant destroyed 3/4 of a 20,000 m² building storing 630 t of acrylic, 56 t of wool, 7 t of mohair and 7 t of nylon. The company, which carries out spinning, twisting and balling, is subject to declaration to the authorities. The 110 fire-fighters mobilised deployed 21 hoses which, due to the lack of fire hydrants, were supplied from nearby ponds. Only the rooms housing the transformers, the boiler room and its fuel storage along with the manufacturing workshops were saved. The operator had to lay off 80 of its 130 employees.

The inspection authorities recommended that the Prefect make the recommissioning of the disabled installations subject to a new declaration or the granting of an authorisation according to the quantities of products actually stored.