Increased vigilance at industrial sites

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- By LeFigaro.fr with AFP
- Update on 07/15/2015 at 11:21
- Published on 07/15/2015 at 11:16

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Bernard Cazeneuve, Minister of the Interior, yesterday called for greater vigilance at industrial sites, shortly after the double explosion on the suspicious petrochemical site of the Etang de Berre, according to a telegram confirming Parisien information . The Minister "to immediately request the attachment of officials of sensitive industrial sites in your area, especially the Seveso sites (regardless of the threshold)," in an urgent memo to security and defense zone prefects, of region and department, as well as patrons of the police and gendarmerie.

This contact is to proceed "without delay a thorough inspection of facilities to verify the integrity of their enclosure and the proper operation of CCTV systems," it added. It also asked them to "exercise particular vigilance over the coming days and nights to strengthen their internal security and monitoring devices."The minister decided "strengthening rounds and patrols first of these sites by the security forces." Finally, Bernard Cazeneuve ordered the census "of other sensitive or symbolic points of your department may be able to constitute potential targets for malicious action."

The hypothesis of "a malicious act" is favored by investigators after the double explosion and fire on the petrochemical site near the Etang de Berre (Bouches-du-Rhône). The findings of the experts of the gendarmerie continued today on the site to determine the cause of the explosions. According to the Ministry of Ecology Site, France had 656 Seveso sites and 515 top threshold Seveso lower threshold at 31 December 2014. LyondellBasell site is ranked high threshold.

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