{"id":34428,"date":"2023-08-11T01:48:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T22:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/blaze-hits-grain-silos-in-french-port-of-la-rochelle\/34428\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T01:48:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T22:48:35","slug":"blaze-hits-grain-silos-in-french-port-of-la-rochelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/blaze-hits-grain-silos-in-french-port-of-la-rochelle\/34428\/","title":{"rendered":"Blaze hits grain silos in French port of La Rochelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-before-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>A fire broke out at grain silos in the French Atlantic port of La Rochelle on Thursday, crippling operations at one of France\u2019s largest grain export terminals.<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities said the blaze, which started on a conveyor belt at around 08.00 hrs local time, engulfed four grain silos operated by Sica Atlantique.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100 firefighters managed to bring the fire under control before it reached compartments containing stored grain.<\/p>\n<p>Staff of the silo operator and neighbouring companies in the terminal were evacuated and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-in-post-middle\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>France is the EU\u2019s biggest grain producer and La Rochelle claims second place in exports, mostly to the Maghreb, the Middle East and West Africa. Cereals and oilseeds amounted to nearly 4m tons or 42% of the port\u2019s total traffic in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred just a few days after an explosion near grain silos at the Turkish port of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/turkish-grain-port-hit-by-massive-explosion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Derince<\/a><\/span> injured 12 people.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"H\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A granary is on fire near the French commercial port of La Rochelle.<\/p>\n<p>Recall, recently there was an explosion at a granary in Turkey. If we add to this the attacks on the grain infrastructure of Ukraine and the Russian Federation \u2026 one might get the impression that someone is\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KY39tEWkzA\">pic.twitter.com\/KY39tEWkzA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sprinter (@Sprinter99800) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sprinter99800\/status\/1689564706804011008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-after-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-size\" style=\"\">\n\t    <!-- \/91333190\/SPLASH247_*_Splash247_Article_*_Strip_Slot_*_2 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2\">\n<script>\ngoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); });\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta post-bottom-tags post-tags-modern\">\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta-title\"><span class=\"tie-icon-tags\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Tags<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tagcloud\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/tag\/france\/\" rel=\"tag\">France<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>splash247<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire broke out at grain silos in the French Atlantic port of La Rochelle on Thursday, crippling operations at one of France\u2019s largest grain export terminals. Local authorities said the blaze, which started on a conveyor belt at around 08.00 hrs local time, engulfed four grain silos operated by Sica Atlantique. 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