This Saturday, July 9, a major release of smoke above the Feyzin refinery is visible in the sky for miles around.
According to Total, “the external power supply to the TotalEnergies platform in Feyzin was cut at 6:45 a.m.” resulting in the use of flares. These are combustion fumes.
“No abnormal concentrations in the air”
An internal crisis unit was mobilized. First air quality measurements were taken by firefighters this Saturday morning. These “do not show abnormal concentrations in the surrounding air”, assures Total.
The first analyzes of the mobile chemical intervention unit of the SDMIS firefighters revealed no toxicity.
Part of the electricity returned shortly before 8 a.m. “on one of the two lines supplying the platform, the substations
are gradually being put back into service,” Total said in a press release.
And adds: “The teams are mobilized to limit the nuisance and to find a stable state on all
the units, prior to a restart.”
Many Internet users have published photos of this thick grayish cloud on social networks.
“The people of Lyon have the right to know the consequences of the pollution of the air they breathe”
Readers contacted Progress to express their concern and anger about this cloud of smoke. “An ominous black smoke rises from the two large chimneys. Lyonnais and Lyonnaises have the right to be informed and to know the consequences of the pollution of the air they breathe, ”writes Mouna.
Nathalie, another Internet user tells us: “It is unacceptable to degas Feyzin south of Lyon. All the tourists who come down… And we are told about ecology.
Finally, Stofy judges this action “lamentable”: “The refinery of Feyzin is loose! For several hours, two chimneys have been spitting out very thick black smoke, leaving a trail, again several kilometers thick, in the sky. Lamentable. »