The fire started on lithium batteries in part of a building of about 6000 square meters containing 8000 car batteries.

A fire broke out on Monday around 4:30 p.m. in a building of the Bolloré Logistics company in Grand-Couronne. After several hours of intense struggle, the firefighters managed to contain the fire, announced the Seine-Maritime prefecture overnight.

The fire at this site, which is not Seveso classified, and which had been evacuated at the end of the afternoon, did not cause any injuries and did not generate any dangerous pollution, according to this source.

“All activities could take place this Tuesday as usual”

“At 11:30 p.m., the fire was confined to the two cells” supported by the flames, one of which housed lithium batteries and the other tires, said the prefect of Seine-Maritime Pierre-André Durand in a press release. published overnight from Monday to Tuesday.

“Operations will continue until the residual outbreaks are completely extinguished,” he further indicated.

“No restrictions on the movement of people have been put in place and all activities could take place this Tuesday as usual,” he added.

He had specified earlier that “137 firefighters were at work” around 10 p.m., helped by 60 vehicles and “tug boats which pump water to extinguish car batteries and foam to extinguish tires”.