On the night of November 9 to 10, a fire destroyed part of the Triadis Rennes company. This waste management center, based in the Haie des Cognets industrial zone in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, is a Seveso high-threshold site.
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During the night from Saturday to Sunday, a fire broke out around midnight on the site of the company “Triadis Rennes”, located in the industrial zone of the Haie des Cognets in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande.
The emergency and incident services responded quickly to the scene and the fire was brought under control overnight. The two fireplaces were extinguished at 3 a.m. and the clearing was carried out.
“The absence of wind during the night limited the dispersion of smoke“, reassures the prefecture of Ille-et-Vilaine in a press release. The authorities assure that the “vertical plume (…) did not reach the first homes far from the site 600m to the east“.
The company “Triadis Rennes”, located in the Haie des Cognets industrial zone in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, collects, sorts and provides initial treatment of more than 700 tonnes of hazardous household and industrial waste such as solvents, phytosanitary products, asbestos and land polluted with heavy metals.
The site is classified ICPE Seveso high threshold, due to the nature of this waste. “In accordance with regulations on ICPE Seveso classified sites, the firefighting water was stored in retention to be analyzed and treated.“, specifies the prefecture.
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