Landivisiau. What is known about the fire at the Kritsen factory

A violent fire

Tuesday, July 11, around 15 pm, a fire broke out in an annex building of the Kristen factory, in the Vern area, in Landivisiau (Finistère). It then spread to the main building.

On the site of about 7,500 m², everything burned. Only the administrative parts and some peripheral areas were saved. According to the gendarmerie, the fire would come from fridges.

Firefighters arrived quickly on the spot. "The fire took on the south-west part of the building, because of its violence, it spread very quickly with a high intensity, explains Gilles Boulic, commander of the relief operations of the department. Colonel A large part of the building collapsed, nothing more than an entanglement of jail Fortunately, l ammonia storage was protected. "

Operation long-lived

"It's a long-term operation, the fire has been controlled but it takes time for the fire to go out completely", confides the lieutenant-colonel

To control this fire, seventy-five firefighters came from all the relief centers around Landivisiau and Morlaix, Brest and Quimper.

At about 10 pm, a scattered cloud of smoke continued to float over the burned-out plant.

Firefighters set up a command post a few hundred meters from the fire. Twenty firefighters remained present all night. a device for the night.

Two minor injuries

In the fire, among the 146 employees evacuated, some lost their car which was parked on the site.

"No injuries on the side of rebadures Gilles Boulic On the other hand, two firefighters were wounded slightly. "

Warning devices

The RN12 was closed in both directions (Brest-Rennes / Rennes- Brest) Tuesday evening until 21 30. A security perimeter was set up around the fire zone. The storage of ammonia on the site made fear a possible explosion.

"Tuesday afternoon we checked whether the smoke was dissipating well or if it stagnated, security issue for locals" Gilles Boulic. The invitation to the confinement of the Prefecture was lifted last night.

Technical unemployment

"Well, now I am unemployed" Storm an employee of the factory away from the fire Tuesday. The site totally devastated can indeed no longer accommodate activity. Employees of the Landivisiau site are therefore unemployed

Kritsen, a Breton company specializing in seafood products, is part of the Norwegian group Marine Harvest. In the year 2016 it has a turnover of 89 795 600 € .

Pbadage to the prud'hommes

Previously established in Poullaouen, the site closed on May 24, 2014, leaving nearly 180 employees on permanent contracts without jobs. Only the sites of Landivisiau and Châteaulin subsist today

In December 2016, 109 employees of the site of Poullaouen seized the labor courts, refuting the economic reason for their dismissal. Marine Harvest posted a profit of 2.4 billion euros at the time of the announcement of the closure of the site in 2013.

The industrial tribunal of Brest finally ruled in favor of employees by condemning Marine Harvest to pay them a large indemnity