France: Explosion at Gunpowder Chemical Plant Injures 8

France: Explosion at Gunpowder Chemical Plant Injures 8
Firefighter vehicles at an entrance of the Manuco factory, which produces a compound used in gunpowder, after a blast occurred, injuring eight people, one of them seriously, in Bergerac, southern France, on Aug. 3, 2022. Yohan Bonnet/AFP via Getty Images
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PARIS—An explosion Wednesday at a French plant that produces a component of gunpowder injured eight people, one of them seriously, local officials in southwest France said.

The plant located in the town of Bergerac specializes in making nitrocellulose, a highly flammable chemical compound.