A fire broke out around midnight, on the night of Saturday 9 to Sunday 10 November, in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, near Rennes, on the site of an industrial waste treatment company classified as Seveso with threshold high, without causing injuries. .
The fire was extinguished around 3 a.m. and “The absence of wind during the night limited the dispersion of smoke”announced the prefecture of Ille et Vilaine in a press release. The authorities assure that “vertical plume (…) It did not reach the first homes far from the site 600 meters to the east ».
The fire did not cause any injuries, according to a police source, who stated that about ten tons of waste were burned, located in a pit eight meters deep. Although the origin of the fire is still unknown, it could be related to a reaction derived from a chemical incompatibility between certain products.
The Triadis Rennes company, located in the Haie des Cognets industrial area, in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, collects, classifies and carries out the initial treatment of more than 700 tons of hazardous domestic and industrial waste, such as solvents and products phytosanitary. , asbestos and soil contaminated with heavy metals.
The site is classified as Seveso high threshold ICPE (classified environmental protection facility), due to the nature of this waste. “In accordance with the regulations of ICPE Seveso classified sites, the extinguishing water was stored in retention to be analyzed and treated”specifies the prefecture.
