The Kalifrais cannery, in Dunkirk, destroyed by flames

They lost everything. A fire broke out around 1:30 a.m., during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, in the premises of the Kalifrais cannery. The company in the Petite-Synthe district of Dunkirk was ravaged by flames.

14 employees on technical unemployment

THE stocks and the machines were destroyed. This Thursday morning, firefighters were still putting out the last smoke in the building in the Achille Pères activity zone.

The family cannery, an institution of potjevleesch and specialized in regional products, employs 14 employeeswho find themselves technically unemployed.

The deputy mayor of Petite-Synthe, Johan Bodard, describes the owners “in shock“, and ensures that the CUD will be there to help them.