US EditionIn the Gard, a Fire Broke Out in a Chlorine Plant Classified as Seveso
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The site of Hydrapro, a company manufacturing chlorinated pebbles for the maintenance of swimming pools, classified Seveso high threshold, caught fire on Sunday morning in Lédenon, Gard. The fire was then fixed in the early afternoon.
The fire which had been affecting a factory for the manufacture of chlorinated products classified Seveso in the Gard since Sunday morning, is fixed, according to the prefecture. The containment perimeter is lifted. - Fire in a Seveso factory in the Gard: the containment perimeter lifted after the fixation of the fire (Police, justice and other facts).
Since 9 a.m., this Sunday, August 10, the firefighters of the Gard have been fighting the flames in a Seveso-classified factory in Lédenon. Important means have been dispatched to the ground as well as to the air. Between 15 and 20 people living in the vicinity have been evacuated.
On Sunday, August 10, 2025, a fire hit the Hydrapro plant in Lédenon, in the Gard, a high threshold Seveso site where chemicals and chlorine are stored. The prefecture requested a confinement "within a perimeter of 825 meters" and specified: "The winds being oriented to the north, olfactory perceptions of chlorine can be felt". The confinement was lifted in the afternoon, without a victim to be deplored. In the Aude, after the gigantic fire left…
Reuters.The chemical plant is located in the city of Ledenon in southern France. It is operated by HydraPro, the plant produces chlorine for swimming pools.Local authorities have urged anyone within a radius of about one kilometer from the plant to stay indoors and close doors and windows.” As the wind blows north, there is a smell of chlorine,” the prefecture said, although they noted that the smell itself does not pose a threat to the safety o…
A fire broke out today (Sunday) in France at a factory producing chlorine for swimming pools, a substance considered toxic and even dangerous in case of prolonged exposure. The fire engulfed part of a factory producing chlorine-based products in the town of Ladanon in Gare province, France, after which residents in the area were ordered to barricade themselves in their homes. Authorities announced after some time that there was no danger to the…
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