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Cher: Risk "Displaced" at a Seveso-Classified Weapons Production Site, Which Had Been Threatened by a Fire

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A forest fire, which had started near Bourges on Wednesday afternoon, spread to a KNDS weapons production site, classified as Seveso high threshold. However, the risk of an explosion was "removed" in the evening and the confinement of the inhabitants of a nearby town in the open area, said the prefecture. The fire, which has already covered 120 hectares, remains active despite everything. - Cher: risk "removed" at a classified weapons production…

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Fires are increasing in the Centre-Val de Loire. On Wednesday, a forest fire broke out in Morthomiers 20 minutes from Bourges. The KNDS weapons plant had to be evacuated. UPDATE at 21:00: the risk of fire is now "displaced" around KNDS.

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This evening, on Wednesday 8 July, a fire broke out in the department of Cher, near Bourges. It is spreading and could reach an industrial site classified Seveso, according to the prefecture. About 100 inhabitants of the commune of Morthomiers, near the threatened installations, have been evacuated. The factory, which manufactures military equipment and in particular ammunition, presents a risk of explosion and fire. TF1 collected the explanatio…

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An important forest fire was declared this Wednesday near Bourges, in the Cher, and threatens a factory, alerts the prefecture which evokes a "risk of explosion and fire".

·Paris, France
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A high-threshold Seveso weapons production site in the Cher is no longer threatened by a fire that had spread to its surroundings this Wednesday. Morthomiers, a village bordering the industrial site KNDS, was evacuated.

A forest fire near Bourges reaches the industrial site KNDS, classified Seveso, resulting in the evacuation of the inhabitants.

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Le Télégramme broke the news on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
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