Posted on 09/25/2022 12:17:00 PM PDT by dynachrome
A billowing column of dark smoke towered over Paris on Sunday from a warehouse blaze at a massive produce market that supplies the French capital and surrounding region with much of its fresh food and bills itself as the largest of its kind in the world.
Firefighters urged people to stay away from the area in Paris' southern suburbs, as 100 officers and 30 fire engines battled the blaze at the Rungis International Market.
Capt. Marc Le Moine, a spokesman for the Paris fire service, said no one was injured. The fire was brought under control and there was no risk of it spreading from the soccer field-sized warehouse, covering an area of 7,000 square meters (1.7 acres), he said.
The cause of the blaze was unknown but will be investigated, he added.
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La change du clime, ca c’est terrible. Mais les asperges brûlées, c’est une catastrophe!
Opa!
Cardboard boxes, baskets, pallets, tables. There are a lot of materials to burn in warehouses.
Combustible fromage?
Netflix has a fictional tale based on the events [The Bonfire of Destiny]; decent movie
Maybe one of those Paris electric busses was parked there and burst into flames, like one did the other day.
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