A billowing column of dark smoke towered over Paris on Sunday from a warehouse blaze at the Rungis produce market that supplies the French capital and surrounding region with much of its fresh food and bills itself as the largest of its kind in the world.
Firefighters urged people to stay away from the area in Paris' southern suburbs, as 100 officers and 30 fire engines battled the blaze at the Rungis International Market.
Capt. Marc Le Moine, a spokesman for the Paris fire service, said no one was injured. The fire was brought under control and there was no risk of it spreading from the soccer field-sized warehouse, covering an area of 7,000 square meters (1.7 acres), he said.
The cause of the blaze was unknown but will be investigated, he added.
The sprawling wholesale market is a veritable town unto itself, with more than 12,000 people working there and warehouses filled with fruit and vegetables, seafood, meats, dairy products and flowers from across France and around the world.
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The only irrational incongruous fires I've seen are the EV batteries. Water only makes them burn more furiously. They are incapable of being extinguished under normal fire suppression science. The Paris fire looks like maybe they had a bunch of those bikes, the EV type that keep 'spontaneously'exploding. Plus 5ggggg is all over Paris. Microwaves will cause fire. Esp if it's a lithium ion battery in that microwave.
Just a thought. Don't kill me please.
Please don't smoke around the cucumbers.
_____ŽoMßÎËÞLÅÑËT
— Henry Kissinger
And during the High Holidys, no less?!
Oy.
embrace a world Dictatorship, and a rular
who will ruthlessly suppress this destructive
evil that we see all around us?
He will be warmly welcomed.
Food markets don't burn down.
Hello.
How in hell does a produce market burn
down?
With so much evil in the world,
in so many places, and with nobody able
to do a damned thing, is it not reasonable for
the world to crave a rescuer?
No, Trump is a dud. He will not rescue.
Not a Stalin.
Not a Mao.
Not a Lenin.
Maybe hoping for the wrong thing.
When evil men, and evil women, are allowed to do
as they please, one looks and waits.
There is no one to stop these monsters.
But here in Australia, there are three main causes of fire; men, woman and children.
No bouilibasse for you!
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Thanks, kiddo, I needed the laugh today. Just saw that Seinfeld skit on Susan Duclos site, I believe.
We need the laughs. And more soup, less Nazis on earth. Amen
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