Several hundred people marched in the streets of Rouen on Saturday afternoon, one year to the day after the fire that ravaged the Lubrizol factory.

They believe that they have not been sufficiently informed about the health risks and denounce the lack of measures to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.

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One year after the fire at the Lubrizol factory in Rouen, anger still dominates among some residents.

Several hundred demonstrators marched in the streets of Rouen on Saturday afternoon to denounce the authorities' lack of transparency, while more than 5,000 tons of chemicals were destroyed by fire on September 26, 2019.

"Lubrizol has polluted, Lubrizol must pay" is the slogan chanted by the procession which left from the very gates of the factory to reach the courthouse in Rouen.

Among the demonstrators: Patrick, a pensioner from Rouen still marked by the immense black smoke of a year ago.

"I don't want to relive that at all. And I wouldn't want my children and grandchildren to experience that either," he explains to Europe 1. "It farted right next to us. and we have no information. Today, if we are here, it is because we still have no answers, "he laments.

️ "Our lives are worth more than their profits"



"Lubrizol guilty, complicit state" ⛔⚠️



The demonstration is currently starting in Rouen



One year after the explosion of the #Lubrizol plant, we collectively denounce the inaction of the public authorities!

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- Union syndicale Solidaires (@UnionSolidaires) September 26, 2020

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Insufficient prevention

A few meters further on, Florence nods;

many questions remain unanswered and, above all, few concrete actions have been taken according to her, in particular to prevent this type of disaster from happening again.

"The authorities are going to put in place a tool to warn us all at the same time. Which means that the accident will have already taken place!", She says indignantly.

Alongside these worried Normans, some came from Paris, like Léonore.

"There are plenty of Seveso classified sites which are poorly inspected. There can be Lubrizol everywhere in France, and everywhere in the world," she denounces, also to Europe 1.