PARIS -- A billowing column of dark smoke towered over Paris on Sunday from a warehouse blaze at a massive 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.
NOW - Rungis, the largest wholesale fresh produce market in the world, is on fire in Paris.pic.twitter.com/jUbrl8VRbL
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) September 25, 2022
⚡️ Rungis is on fire in Paris - the largest wholesale market of fresh products in the world.
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According to BFMTV, the fire covered 7,000 square meters. There are no victims and there is no risk of the fire spreading. About a hundred firefighters are working on the spot. pic.twitter.com/htPRsICdmN
Fire at Rungis (World's largest wholesale fresh produce market) brought under control.
— twiggy4065 (@twiggy40651) September 25, 2022
Still pretty suspicious that we are seeing all these fires at key supply chain areas is it not? pic.twitter.com/4Vs4hEKKOm
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.
