Rouen (AFP)

Seine-Maritime firefighters and police officers denounce the conditions in which they intervened to deal with the fire of Lubrizol factory in Rouen, on September 26th, and some policemen filed a complaint, one learned Wednesday with the unions.

"At the initiative of our union, many complaints were filed by colleagues." Other agents who intervened in the incident are building files, "said AFP Yann Bertrand, secretary of the union SGP Police Unit in Rouen.

In a statement, the union deplores the lack of "appropriate clothing" or the lack of "individual or collective staffing of protective masks to protect colleagues from potential risks."

"All firefighters did not receive the paper masks in time when the fire was extinguished on site, at the end of the afternoon on the day of the incident.Also, we do not have enough masks with filter cartridges available, "said Mathieu Gibassier, Secretary General of the CGT Sdis 76.

"The weekend following the accident, I received messages from colleagues evoking nausea, diarrhea or irritating coughs," but "I am not aware of sick leave and complaints related to the illness. "fire," he added, abundant in line with the recent statements of Secretary of State for the Interior, Laurent Nuñez.

Mr. Nunez said on Thursday: "There were two or three crews, it seems to me, who intervened immediately and who, they were not necessarily equipped but who were very quickly and the numbers that came after on the site, especially to establish a perimeter security (?) were equipped with masks, "he said.

In CHSCT Extraordinary October 1, "was decided, as a precaution, to have blood tests done to all the firefighters who intervened," said Mr. Gibassier. "The numbers were insufficient at the start of the disaster, it was difficult to be supplied with clothing and there was a lot of demerde," he said.

"Firefighters in Seine-Maritime are concerned and we are now asking for a second extraordinary CHSCT to appoint an independent expert to carry out a toxicological investigation," the trade unionist said.

At police officers, at the initiative of the union SGP Police, an extraordinary departmental CHSCT was held Wednesday. The union proposed "the constitution of a delegation of investigation at the National Police CHSCT which concerns all French police".

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