Officials: Air quality is safe after Rouen chemical fire.

OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 4:50 PM PT – Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Five days after a massive fire broke out at a chemical plant in Northern France, officials say the air quality is back to normal and no pollutants have been detected. On Thursday, residents in Normandy woke to loud explosions and massive flames coming from the factory owned by U.S. investor Warren Buffet.
After the fire, residents reported an oily residue on streets and cars while videos of black or grey tap water circulated on social media.

However, French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said on Monday that lingering odors from the fire are unpleasant but not harmful. During a parliamentary session on Tuesday, the French Transport and Environment Minister echoed his claims, saying air quality has not been affected.

“All measures are being done to ensure the air quality, and we’re continuing to do so. It’s also a progress that we could do thanks to the experiment results of Interior Accidents Services. From now, rescue and state services are given everything so that they can conduct samplings and continual measures. That’s what we did, and that’s what allows us to say, among all the sought out pollutants, that no air pollutants are present in the air Rouen residents breath.”

— Elisabeth Borne, French Transport and Environment Minister

Some farmers and residents are not reassured by these claims and have taken to the streets to demand the government release all data on the environmental impact. An investigation into what caused the fire is currently underway.
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