Wednesday June 26, 2024, late in the afternoon, a major fire broke out at the municipal technical center of Rouen (Seine-Maritime). A public alert was issued at 6:06 p.m. Firefighter intervention is underway.
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Wednesday June 26, 2024, a fire broke out at the municipal technical center of Rouen (Seine-Maritime). | NICOLAS MAYER-ROSSIGNOL ON X (FORMERLY TWITTER)
Thick black smoke has stained the Rouen sky since around 5:30 p.m., Wednesday June 26, 2024. It comes from the Charlotte-Delbo technical center, consumed by a major fire. Located rue Roger-Besus (left bank), near the Jardin des Plantes, the building is currently the subject of emergency services.
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Around twenty fire engines are mobilized according to -.fr . The media specifies that it is a “violent warehouse fire with a risk of spreading to the main building”.
“Please avoid the area”
An alert to the population was sent at 6:06 p.m., inviting “avoid the area”. An appeal also made on X (formerly Twitter) by Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, the mayor of Rouen (Seine-Maritime).
