published17. April 2022, 17:40
A huge fire is currently taking place in the Geneva industrial zone of Meyrin-Satigny. A large contingent of firefighters is on site.
The cloud of smoke is visible from across the canton.
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A major fire broke out in an industrial area near Geneva on Sunday afternoon.
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The roof of a nearby hall that houses a climbing wall has collapsed.
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The dense and black plume of smoke is visible from across the canton of Geneva.
The Meyrin-Satigny industrial area is currently the scene of a huge fire. According to initial findings, the fire broke out in the “Grimper.ch” climbing hall, the roof of which has now collapsed.
“The fire started around 4 p.m.,” said a news scout 20 Minutes, who had observed the scene from the market garden in Satigny. “Within 15 minutes everything collapsed and the road is blocked”. As a local 20 Minutes reporter reports, the smell of burnt plastic has covered the entire community of Satigny, and the cloud of dark smoke is visible from across the canton.
The cloud of smoke over Geneva can even be seen from the plane, as a news scout writes.
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On April 17, 2022, a major fire broke out in an industrial area near Geneva.
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“The building is new”
«The structures started to bend, then everything collapsed. That’s crazy. The building is new, it was completed about two years ago, »says Anne Revaclier, director of Satigny and responsible for security.
A large contingent of firefighters is on site. At 5:45 p.m., firefighters were still trying to contain the fire from spreading — particularly in the adjacent large five-story parking lot.
(pco/kle)