The Volvic bottling plant in Puy-de-Dôme was the victim of an arson attack this Wednesday morning, around 6 a.m., Agence Radio France learned this Wednesday evening from corroborating sources, confirming information from BFMTV.
According to the gendarmerie, it was an annex to the Volvic factory, a small building of around twenty square meters, which was affected by this malicious act this Wednesday morning. The gendarmerie reported an “explosion”.
On site, protest tags were found, with environmentalist messages like “water extractivism – no but water“. The fire also affected the factory’s electrical system.
The Volvic factory shut down
“There was no production today because it is May 1st. Production was supposed to start tomorrow (Thursday, editor’s note) which will not be possible“, Volvic management explained to AFP. “All our teams are mobilized to be able to restart as quickly as possible“, we specified from the same Source.
“The damage is technical and has no impact on water quality“, assured Volvic, “condemning with the greatest firmness this act which aims to harm the activity of a historic local company“.
A complaint was filed by Volvic, belonging to the Danone group, with the gendarmerie. Contacted by Agence Radio France this Wednesday evening, the public prosecutor of Clermont-Ferrand, Dominique Paugam-Puechmaille, indicates that an investigation for “aggravated damage” was opened. This investigation was entrusted to the gendarmerie research section.
