A week later, the presence of firefighters still necessary

Motorists, residents and passers-by who run along the Syctom sorting collection center, Boulevard de Douaumont, which was destroyed by the flames on Monday April 7, 2025, may be surprised to see that the trucks and the Paris firefighters are Always present on sitea week after the fire that ravaged part of the premises.

“Unblock the area”

Surveillance which made it possible to locate and extinguish, this Monday, April 14, 2025, a “Small residual home”learned Paris news with the BSPP. A situation that is not abnormal in this type of warehouse fire.

It has therefore been seven days that human resources and thermal and hydraulic equipment are permanently mobilized To “clear” the area. Using shovels and pickaxes, the firefighters inspect the rubble in search of a new home potential.

A essential procedure In this type of claim where the amount of material is also important. Impossible to provide the end date of this meticulous surveillance.

No injuries and little impact on waste collection

In the early evening, Monday, April 7, 2025, a fire ravaged from the premises of the public service for treatment and enhancement of household waste of 82 municipalities in Île-de-France. Under the power of the flames, “a large part of the building collapsed on itself,” said the BSPP. 45 devices and 180 military enrollment had been engaged.

No one injured is to be deplored and no air pollution has been postponed. As a precaution, residents and schools in the area have received indications to be put in place to ventilate and washed the housing in the wake of smoke. The parks were temporarily closed to be cleaned.

Regarding waste collectionthe impact has also been limited: “The collection time could be extended, due to the longer – longer – skills to the two substitution centers”, explained the town hall of the 17th arrondissement.

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