During his hearing before the information mission of the National Assembly on Tuesday, the CEO of US group Lubrizol, Eric Schnur, reiterated Tuesday that, according to his information, the fire of the factory in Rouen "has triggered outside of the site. He also assured that the products that burned "do not pose any threat to health, either in the short term or in the long term, apart from temporary irritations normally caused by smoke".
"I was able to see two videos after the fire that lead us to believe that the fire started off our site," said Schnur. The CEO said Lubrizol "fully participates in the ongoing investigation", noting that the site has a fire alarm and video system and that "all this information is available".
Lubrizol still does not know the source and cause of the fire
"I insist that we need to know the source and the cause of the fire," said Schnur, "to learn from this type of accident." "We know exactly which Lubrizol products were burned in our warehouses and in those of Normandie Logistique", next to the Lubrizol factory, on the other hand indicated the CEO.
"The sites must be managed in a different way and the populations, better informed", demanded Tuesday at the microphone of Europe 1 Jean-Noël Guyader, secretary of the association of the victims of Lubrizol. "Nobody is aware of the risks involved.I live 900 meters from this plant for 5 years, I have never received any mail to tell me what to do in case of accident."