Overview
- The blast on a hazardous-materials truck at Teisseire’s Crolles site, reported around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, injured five people including two in serious condition.
- Firefighters mounted a large response and closed the avenue outside the factory as rescue teams kept working at the scene.
- The Isère prefecture said damage was confined to the plant grounds and there was no chemical risk to nearby neighborhoods.
- The site has been largely idle, with production moved to Le Havre, after months of strikes in late 2025 over a planned shutdown and about 200 job cuts.
- Teisseire is a long-running French syrup brand bought by Britvic in 2010 and brought under Carlsberg’s control in 2024.