Rouen (AFP)

The commission of inquiry of the Senate on the fire of Lubrizol was struck Thursday in Rouen by the "suffering" of the employees of this company and Normandie Logistique, company also very affected by the incident of September 26th.

The chairman of the commission of inquiry, centrist Senator Hervé Maurey, found them "very very bruised".

"We had an extremely moving meeting with the staff delegates who were able to see how much they were affected by the event and by the criticisms, even the external attacks, that they live on a daily basis simply because they work in this business, it was very very upsetting, "added Maurey.

"They are employees, who have a culture of security and can not explain the violence of this fire ... They are also victims of verbal violence and suffer the fear of losing their jobs. has a real suffering that has challenged us, "added Christine Bonfanti-Dossat Senator LR Lot-et-Garonne.

On October 11, Francis Malandain, CFTC secretary of the Social and Economic Committee (CSE) Lubrizol had told AFP that employees, spouses, children of employees Lubrizol in school yards were mugged, confirming information of France 3 Normandy Rouen.

Asked about the lack of confidence of the population in the "reassuring" analyzes published by the state, Mr. Maurey said that "if there is a problem of communication, it is undoubtedly on the part of the ministers who are relayed to say contradictory things with sometimes what they themselves had said ".

Asked about possible malfunctions on the day of the fire, the commission just mentioned the "water supply and foam rupture" that the firefighters had to face in the night. This problem was raised Wednesday by the director of the departmental service of the emergency services (Sdis), Jean-Yves Lagalle, before the information mission of the National Assembly.

"There is no Sdis in France who can only fight against such disasters, we can strengthen the resources of such a Sdis, there will always be need for interdepartmental solidarity," said Senator Pascal Martin (Radical Movement).

"It's 25,000 liters of water per minute, plus the foam concentrate, that made it possible that the fire was extinguished," he added. Firefighters have drawn in the Seine.

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