After the fire in Berre, vigilance is reinforced around the sites … – Le Figaro

VIDEO – The track of the malicious act is always preferred by investigators, who discovered the holes in the fences surrounding the two tanks Site prétrochimique

The track of a malicious act is becoming more clearly considered by investigators after the explosion on the suspicious site petrochemical LyondellBasell Berre l’Etang in two storage bins . Holes in the fence surrounding the site were indeed discovered, reported Wednesday RTL.Plusieurs holes have been made in recent months in different parts of the fence that stretches 18km. Investigators of the research section of the gendarmerie of Marseilles must now determine whether the holes have been made recently, and if they are directly linked to these explosions. They also question the link between this double fire and theft on a military site on July 7 at twenty kilometers of the site. 76 detonators, plastic ten loaves of 250 grams each, 66-igniter plugs and 40 grenades “grenades body” had been stolen in Miramas.

Meanwhile, Bernard Cazeneuve asked the prefects to increase vigilance around sensitive industrial sites, including Seveso reported Wednesday Le Parisien-Aujourd’hui en France .In a Tuesday note addressed to the prefects, the Minister of the Interior asked to contact those responsible for these sites for prompt a thorough inspection of the facilities and check in particular the proper functioning of their system vidéoprotection.Les prefects are also called . to identify other sensitive points of their territory that could be targeted by malicious acts, the newspaper

houses France 1171 Seveso sites – sites “at risk” that stores and / or use of hazardous materials – including more than 600 so-called “high threshold”, the most dangerous, subject to the most stringent requirements, according to the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Francois Hollande announced on June 26 last strengthening security around these facilities after the attack against the Air Products plant in Saint-Quentin Fallavier (Isère), Seveso.