Fire at Aubert & Duval in #Pamiers. According to our information, a tank of acid would have ignited at the time of its … https://t.co/1ubbQ54c8e
A major fire broke out in the Aubert & Duval factory in Pamiers, Ariège, on Friday September 10. The disaster broke out around 6:30 a.m., in an acid tank “Inside the ACS workshop building, intended for the chemical treatment of parts manufactured on the site”, specifies the company, a subsidiary of the Eramet group, in a communicated. “The containment siren of the city of Pamiers was therefore triggered”, adds the company.
“The fire spread quickly to the whole building. The staff were immediately evacuated. No injuries are to be deplored ”, specifies the prefecture. This state-of-the-art metallurgy plant is Ariège’s largest private employer. The company specializes in the production of high performance steels for the aeronautical, space and nuclear industries.
No evacuation of the city
“The inhabitants residing within a radius of 200 m around the plant are invited to confine themselves as a precaution. The rest of the population is invited not to move any more », To tweeted the prefecture, adding that “Access to Pamiers is forbidden to traffic so as not to interfere with the action of the emergency services. No evacuation measure of the city is at this time envisaged. The Ariège SDIS has committed all the means available on the site », continues the prefecture.
Police officers walk through the streets with loudspeakers telling people to close the windows of their cars, their apartments and not to go out because of a “Risk of toxicity”, noted an AFP correspondent.
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Four Seveso status establishments are counted in the department – one of high threshold and three of low threshold: the Aubert & Duval plant is not one of them.
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