Overview

• On June 14 a blaze erupted at the Spur-operated Seveso-classified waste treatment facility in Rognac, Bouches-du-Rhône, mobilizing about 140 firefighters and nearly 90 specialized vehicles.
• By Sunday morning officials announced that the last hot spots were extinguished and deactivated the site’s Special Intervention Plan.
• Air quality readings taken 750 meters from the plant detected no toxic levels and five people sustained only minor injuries.
• Firefighting water escaped the plant’s retention basin and carried chemical pollutants into the Étang de Berre, prompting ongoing water quality assessments.
• Local authorities temporarily closed a departmental road, halted the TER line between Miramas and Pas-des-Lanciers and advised Barjaquets residents to shelter in place.