mine clearance in Annecy, a rescue between neighbors and an oil leak

In Gevrey-Chambertin (Côte-d'Or), Cindy Centrella, while walking her dog, saw her neighbor's house burning, trapping its elderly occupant. “First reaction, I arrived, I took it, I pulled it with all my strength”remembers the one who risked her life. In Annecy (Haute-Savoie), deminers defuse a 230 kg shell dating from the Second World War, found on a construction site. An entire neighborhood was cordoned off, and 3,800 residents were evacuated for the day. The bomb was defused without causing damage.

In Donges (Loire-Atlantique), the environment was endangered by an oil leak at the refinery. 15,000 liters of fuel oil, the equivalent of 300 full tanks, ended up in the Loire. In 2022, a leak resulted in the flow of 700,000 liters of gasoline into the river.

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