A fire that broke out on Thursday at grain silos in the French port of 'La Rochelle' is under control and had not reached the stored grain, silo operator SICA Atlantique said.
Local authorities said earlier that a major fire was underway in four grain silos at La Rochelle, adding that 70 firefighters were at the site, with reinforcements underway.
France is the European Union's biggest grain producer and La Rochelle on France's Atlantic coast is one of the country's largest grain export terminals.
Source: Qatar News Agency