09 - The explosion of the AZF factory, Toulouse in turmoil - Disasters, True Stories

At the end of the First World War, the Treaty of Versailles forced the German chemical group BASF to make public its know-how and manufacturing secrets. The victorious allies, and in particular France, seized it in the wake of the war, without suspecting for a second that it could be a poisoned gift. In 1924, Toulouse welcomed the ONIA, or Office National Industriel de l'Azote, which specialized in the production of agricultural fertilizer. At the same time, the natural expansion of the city was bringing the industrial area, which is only 5 km south of the center, dangerously close... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices