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A fire ravaged the Marine Harvest Kritsen plant in Landivisiau. The RN12 was cut for several hours. Firefighters are at work for the whole night.
A major fire broke out at Marine Harvest Kritsen, which specializes in seafood products, in Landivisiau on Wednesday afternoon around 3 pm The fire spread quickly and intensively, destroying almost all buildings, including the production section of 7,000 m2. The frame has completely collapsed. 75 firefighters and 22 vehicles were deployed in the area. At 8 pm, the fire was still not completely extinguished. Firefighters focused on protecting the administrative part of the business. The 150 employees present on the site of the company were sheltered, according to the prefecture of Finistère.
The traffic cut on the RN12
The places and their surroundings, in the area of activities of the Vern, were evacuated in the afternoon: the presence of large quantities of ammonia on the site made fear a risk of explosion, risk removed at the end of the day. Traffic on the RN12 was cut in both directions due to heavy smoke emissions. Local deviations have been put in place. Traffic was re-established before 9:30 pm Video. The fire has produced impressive fumes:
Confinement
The prefecture of Finistère raised in the early evening the invitation to confinement that it had addressed to the population of Landivisiau.
Fire at the Marine Harvest Landivisiau plant still in progress. Risks related to ammonia reserves discarded.
Population containment recommendations lifted; stay out of the way so you do not get in the way of firefighters. 100 firefighters still on site, 2 slightly wounded.– Prefect of Finistere (@ Prefet29) 11 July 2018
The instruction had obviously not scared the population, to believe, at 19:15, the testimonials of the owner of a bar and a restaurateur: both declare a normal activity in their establishments. The inhabitants of Landivisiau, however, remain invited to stay away so as not to hinder the work of firefighters. "While awaiting the result of the badyzes of the composition of the fumes of the fire, it is recommended to the whole population of Landivisiau to avoid consuming the products of the garden", specifies the prefecture
Two firemen injured
Two firefighters were slightly injured during operations, one on the shoulder and one on the foot. At 8:15 pm the fire was still not extinguished. Firefighters will probably stay overnight. The cause of the fire was still unknown in the early evening. The fire started at about 3:00 pm in the south-west of the building, before spreading rapidly and intensively to the east of the site.
Known for Smoked Salmon
Founded in 1994, Kritsen is a Breton seafood processing company best known for smoked salmon. Subsidiary of the Norwegian giant Marine Harvest since 2006, it employs 300 permanent and about 200 CDD or seasonal workers in the Vern area in Landivisiau. Previously located in Poullaouen, near Carhaix, Kritsen also has a site in Châteaulin specializing in the preparation of terrines and prepared fish dishes. The closure of the Poullaouen site in 2014, when the group had reaped record profits, had resulted in the dismissal of 111 employees. Layoffs finally "devoid of real and serious cause" according to the industrial tribunal of Brest that had pronounced Marine Harvest to pay each employee compensation between 6 and 20 months salary. In 2016, Kritsen achieved a turnover of 90 million euros. A drop of water compared to the 3.64 billion euros in sales of the world's number 1 for fiscal 2017. A figure up 4%.
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