In the area of the port city of La Rochelle in the west of France, a large-scale fire occurred in a grain store. Reuters writes about this on Thursday, August 10.
Local authorities reported that four elevators caught fire. The operator of the SICA Atlantique warehouse emphasized that the fire was brought under control, and the fire did not damage the grain, there are several thousand tons of wheat in the warehouse. However, the threat of explosion and spread of fire remains.
It is specified that the warehouse belongs to the logistics group SICA Atlantique. Rescuers evacuated 20 workers. A 200-meter radius area was surrounded around the granary.
70 firefighters are at the scene of the fire, reinforcements are being brought to them.
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