A movement of panic shook the city of Limoges when a supermarket was urgently evacuated. The worst was to be feared. We explain everything to you here!
Thirty people were urgently evacuated from an Intermarché located rue Charles Legendre in Limoges (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) on the morning of February 18, 2023 after the discovery ofemanation from toxic products on the supermarket shelves. At the origin of the incident, employees who inadvertently used the wrong products to unclog a pipe. The toxic mix? “A drain unblocker (Destop) with hydrochloric acid“, specify our colleagues from France Bleu on site. A team of firefighters specializing in chemical risks has been dispatched to the site to prevent any health risk (intoxication, etc.)
Whether two employees and a customer were transported to the Limoges University Hospitaldue to respiratory discomfort, the authorities certified that the situation was under control. The 11 other customers and 16 additional employees were able to resume their activities very quickly, once theproperly ventilated premises and air quality analyzed. The incident without serious consequences recalls the emergency evacuation of a Lidl store in Firminy, in the Loire, last December. People in the supermarket had been rushed out when cracks were spotted in the tiling, raising fears for the worst. The sign had been closed for three days to allow time for a building expert to inspect the grounds.
This terrible accessory that sowed terror in a supermarket
It was nearly 8 p.m. on December 12 when a man armed with achopper type knife” broke into a Lidl brand of the city of Jeumont, in the North. According to France Bleu, the individual attacked four customers – two men aged 30 to 40 and two women aged 22 and 25 – before taking refuge in the back of the supermarket to attempt suicide without success. His victims did not come out with the same degree of injuries. “Two are slightly injured and two others more seriously“, revealed a police source. Two of them had been hospitalized in Valenciennes, another having been taken care of on the side of Maubeuge. A psychological unit had also been made available to the 12 clients who were out shopping at the time.