There is currently no environmental impact following the fire at the Nortene Home factory in Val-du-Maine (formerly Celloplast). This is what the Mayenne prefecture indicated in a press release on Friday evening. On Wednesday, June 19, 12,000 square meters of a warehouse burned with wooden and plastic garden equipment.This fire required several days of intervention until the residual fires were completely extinguished.. Furthermore, due to the nature of the materials involved, the fire produced a plume of smoke visible up to fifteen kilometers away.” recall the State services.
Analysis continues
Three air sampling cylinders were placed upstream and downstream of the site. “The first results of these analyzes showed an absence of concentration of volatile organic compounds” explains the Mayenne prefecture. However, the environmental impact of this accident must be refined.. Additional analyzes on plants, soil and water and consumable products are now requested from the Nortene Home company.
“Pending these results, measures were taken by the Bel and Savencia groups, which implemented a protocol for the destruction and/or storage of milk collected in an area around the disaster. A meeting with the municipalities and representatives of the agricultural world and the professional sectors concerned was held on Wednesday June 26 in the prefecture” specifies the latter.
