This morning around 8:30 a.m., the Côte-d'Or firefighters were called to a fire which broke out in the Dijon cereals dryer, near the Venarey-Les Laumes station.
An employee who spotted the smoke
It was an employee who was passing by who saw smoke escaping and who then called the emergency services.
Firefighters from Venarey, Montbard and Semur-en-Auxois are still on site but “the situation is under control”, according to Mayor Patrick Molinoz, who also went to the scene.
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The gendarmerie indicated that the site's detection and fire system had already contained the fire. This is now under control and no damage has been reported.
44 firefighters mobilized
The Sdis (the departmental fire and rescue service) indicates for its part that “the fire is being extinguished and the dryer is being drained”. Numerous resources were used, including two aerial ladders and a drone. 44 firefighters were mobilized, coming from the barracks of Venarey, Montbard, Semur, Vitteaux, Dijon Nord, Aiserey, Churchill, Beaune, Fontaine-Française.
