Big material damage but no injuries. A major fire broke out this Monday morning around 9:30 am at Blanc-Mesnil (Seine-Saint-Denis).
The fire occurred in a warehouse belonging to the company BMS which stores textiles and office furniture, explained to the AFP the mayor (Free!) Of the city, Thierry Meignen.
Large fire started by a warehouse near Blanc-Mesnil. Thanks to @PompiersFR @PompiersParis pic.twitter.com/4FBxwkHrY7
- Jana.s.world (@jana_jykm) May 18, 2020Warehouse adjoining a future mask factory
This building is adjoining the "first" factory for surgical masks in Ile-de-France which was to start production this week. "We were all very afraid, thinking that the fire was coming from the mask factory," explained Thierry Meignen, who saw from his City Hall office a "big column of black smoke".
The fire, whose origin was not known at the time, was brought under control by the end of the morning and did not touch the factory, the firemen said.
The factory, built in a few weeks by the Chinese businessman Hsueh Sheng Wang, had been officially inaugurated Thursday by the president of the Ile-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse (Libres! Ex-LR). She was to start production of FFP1 and FFP2 masks this week. Ultimately, "a million" masks must be produced there daily, according to Hsueh Sheng Wang.
Figure of the Franco-Chinese community, Hsueh Sheng Wang, whose career path is admired by some, also arouses suspicion, especially since he has been targeted since 2014 by a preliminary investigation by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) for " money laundering "and" tax evasion ".
The fire, which took place in a “1,000 m2 warehouse” located next to it, left no one injured, just “material damage,” Lieutenant-Colonel Claire Boët of the Sappers Brigade told AFP. - Paris firefighters. A hundred firefighters were dispatched to the scene to control the incident.
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