Bollore's lithium battery warehouse fire contained

A large fire that broke out in Normandy on Monday in a Bollore Logistics warehouse storing car components and thousands of lithium batteries has been "contained", local authorities said on Tuesday. The Seine-Maritime prefecture said on Twitter that the fire, which started at 1630 (1530 GMT) on Monday at the lithium storage facility in the town of Grand-Couronne near Rouen and spread to a nearby Districash tire storage facility, was contained by 2330 local time.

A large fire that broke out in Normandy on Monday in a Bollore Logistics warehouse storing car components and thousands of lithium batteries has been "contained", local authorities said on Tuesday.

The Seine-Maritime prefecture said on Twitter that the fire, which started at 1630 (1530 GMT) on Monday at the lithium storage facility in the town of Grand-Couronne near Rouen and spread to a nearby Districash tire storage facility, was contained by 2330 local time. During the night a new fire started at a third storage space belonging to the Ziegler company and housing textiles.

By around 0600 on Tuesday that new fire was also contained, the prefecture said. The were no injuries and no detail on the cause of the fires, Bollore and the prefecture said. Initial air quality measures carried out by firefighters showed no indication of dangerous air pollution.

"At this stage, no particular risk has been identified. Complementary measures and analyses continue ... No restrictions on the movement of people have been put in place and all activities can take place this Tuesday as usual," the prefecture said. Bollore Logistics was renting the 6,000 sq metre warehouse where the fire broke out, a Bollore spokesperson said, adding that there were no details yet on the cause of the fire nor on the extent of the damage.

The company and local authorities said the warehouse was not designated as Seveso, meaning an industrial site that presents a major risk from the products it houses.

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