
Fire breaks out at world's biggest produce market in Paris
A billowing column of dark smoke towered over Paris Sunday, from a warehouse blaze at a massive produce market that supplies the French capital and surrounding region with much of its fresh food and bills itself as the largest of its kind in the world.
Firefighters urged people to stay away from the area, in Paris' southern suburbs, while they tackled the blaze at the warehouse in the Rungis International Market.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
The sprawling wholesale market is a veritable town unto itself, with more than 12,000 people working there and warehouses filled with fruit and vegetables, seafood, meats, dairy products and flowers from across France and around the world.
Source: AP
Comment: Rather suspicious considering the following reports (as just a few examples):
- THIRD Bill Gates backed Picnic grocery store catches fire in less than a year (August 2022)
- Fire destroys Oregon flour mill, huge fire tears through Sydney bread factory on the same day (August 2022)
- Netherlands farmers blockade motorways again in protest against plans to reduce agricultural sector over green targets - amid global food crisis (June)
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