French chemical factory fire a pollution risk for Seine: local official

• A fire at a chemicals plant in northern France poses a pollution risk for the nearby Seine river.

ROUEN: A fire at a chemicals plant in northern France poses a pollution risk for the nearby Seine river, the government's top official for the region said Thursday.

"We're still fighting the blaze, with the risk that pollution could spill into the Seine if retention ponds overflow," Pierre-Andre Durand told journalists.