Europe 1 with AFP 3:38 p.m., August 3, 2022

An explosion took place on Wednesday in a powder snow in Bergerac, causing one serious injury and seven minor injuries.

An explosion took place on Wednesday in a powder snow in Bergerac, causing one serious injury and seven minor injuries, we learned from the town hall.

The explosion, whose origin is undetermined, took place in a building of the Manuco company, which produces nitrocellulose for ammunition, in which there were about forty people, according to the DVD mayor of Bergerac, Jonathan Prioleaud at AFP, present on site.

#Security |

Explosions on the EURENCO site in #Bergerac.


A fire is in progress at the site.


Emergency services are on site, please avoid the area.


The departmental operational center has been activated in the prefecture, more information to come.

– Prefect of the Dordogne (@Prefet24) August 3, 2022

More information to follow.