200 firefighters battle major Paris inferno ...0

A thick black cloud could be seen across the French capital as firefighters battled the blaze that ripped through one of the city’s biggest recycling plants.

Flames lit up the night sky and authorities closed part of the main ring road around Paris to allow access to the burning building for fire-fighting vehicles.

“Fire fighters arrived very quickly, but the fire happened underground and then spread through the building,“ Boulard said.Geoffrey Boulard, mayor for the affected 17th arrondissement, told BFM television

The plant, which started operations in 2019, was designed to handle household waste for nearly a million Paris residents, according to city authorities.

Geoffrey Boulard, mayor for the affected 17th arrondissement, told BFM televisionHe said 31 employees were present when the blaze started in a recycling zone in a basement “where there was the most combustible material”.

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