Wildfire in central France threatens KNDS site, posing explosion risk, officials say
PARIS: A wildfire in central France has endangered residents of the town of Morthomiers and threatens to reach a nearby industrial site where KNDS produces munitions, which would pose a risk for explosions and further fires, local officials said on Thursday.
KNDS confirmed the munitions production site was threatened by the wildfire and said the facility’s 500 workers had been evacuated.
In Morthomiers, about 100 of the town’s 845 residents have been evacuated from the most endangered areas and are sheltering at the town hall, officials said.
An internal firefighting team had been mobilized and deployed and night shift workers had been placed on standby, it said. The prefect of Cher, an administrative department in central France, said in a post on X that the facility was closed to traffic and urged residents of the community near the site to shelter in place.
