Explosion at the chemistry university of Mulhouse

[Christophe]

MULHOUSE, Haut-Rhin (Reuters) - A large explosion left a large number of victims on Friday at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse (ENSCMU).

"There are a significant number of victims," ​​a member of Samu told Reuters.

The building was "blown out", according to firefighters who quickly arrived on the scene as thick smoke billowed from the building.

A witness, Cédric Rideppi, told LCI to have seen "the interior ravaged, several blazes".

"We could hear screams inside. I saw an injured person," he added.

Guy Schultz, president of the University of Haute-Alsace, told Reuters that the blast occurred in a research building.

Aude, a chemistry school student in a nearby building, said she heard "a big explosion, and all the windows broke".

The explosion happened at around 12:25 p.m. at this school located on the university campus and was heard throughout much of the city.

source: http://fr.news.yahoo.com/24032006/290/e ... times.html

[Former Oceano]

[paranoid mode ON]
Attack following threats to European countries including France (Alsace was previously a target for Islamists)?
Will the government still hide the truth from us like AZF?
[paranoid mode OFF]

[galéjade mode ON]
Did Christophe leave a Pantone reactor lying around in a chemistry lab?
[galéjade mode OFF]

According to the news at 13 p.m., people were injured by the blast and the explosion and a building was destroyed. It's not little BOOOUM.

[Christophe]

Galéjade késako?

[Former Oceano]

(to be read with a southern accent) In Marseille, a galéjade is a joke ...

[jean63]

I just read on another forum (scholarship) that the explosion would not have made any victims except a non-student person seriously burned because the students were in the canteen at the time of the explosion around 12:30 pm since it was announced on the FR2 news at 13 pm.

Hopefully that's true because there could have been some carnage. it reminds me of an old memory (Toulouse sept 2001, my daughter was in Supaero, lucky, protected by the hill of Rangueil, only fear and broken windows, and we waited until 13 p.m. ... it's very long ). The parents must have been very scared if the last info is correct, I hope for them.

[Christophe]

Sorry to contradict you but there is a death:

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/24032006/202/e ... rt-et.html

[Christophe]

Another drama but in Strasbourg:

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/22032006/290/d ... bourg.html

[jean63]

Ok, when I read the info, they hadn't found the body of this 40-year-old teacher.

It is a miracle that there have not been more victims.

De Robien will go there, he will forget the CPE .... it is this afternoon that De Villepin received the unions; there it is hot and explosive but in another form !. What do you think of this contract, you who are young and looking for a job?

[nonoLeRobot]

Christophe has already passed the expiration date right?

PS: Do not be upset, I will be expired in 15 days

[jean63]

Expiration date ... it does not matter because beyond that you benefit from the CNE (it is the same for old people over 26 years old but there it passed without demonstrations and for good reason: law passed in August 2005 when employees are on vacation ... ).

For the CPE, they got it right for the date (they believed that the February holidays would be enough to swallow the snake).

To find out more about the CNE (source seniorplanet.fr):

The new hire contract






Criticized by unions, defended by employers, flagship of the action for employment of the new government, the "new hiring" contract has taken its first steps since August 4. For the best or for the worst ? Terms, conditions, notice, indemnities ... Details and analysis.


Lay off an employee without having to justify himself… It is now possible, at least for the employees recruited with this famous contract "new hiring" which made so much headlines. Despite criticism from unions who see it as a "discount" contract - because it is neither a true CDD (fixed-term contract), nor a traditional CDI (open-ended contract) - he has was formalized by the government last August. And it is indeed likely to be more and more often offered to the French in search of a new position. At least in SMEs which have a maximum of twenty employees: they alone are authorized, for the moment, to use it. So you might as well know the rules of the game. The "new hire" contract (CNE) is in theory a CDI, subject to the Labor Code and the rules set by the collective agreement applicable in the company. His particuliarity ? During the first two years, the employer is authorized to put an end to it by simply sending the employee a registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt to inform him of the joyous news. There is no need, as with a classic CDI, to justify the decision by a "real and serious cause" beyond the trial period. And no obligation, as with an ordinary CDD, to pay the salary due until the end of the contract! Worse, the mandatory notice before consummating the break is zero the first month, set at fifteen days only if the employee has between two and six months of presence in the company, and one month beyond.

Low compensation

The employee thus dismissed bluntly is he well compensated, as announced by the government? Except for serious misconduct, he is entitled to termination indemnity equal to 8% of the amount of his gross remuneration since the subscription of the contract. This compensation is neither taxable nor subject to social contributions. In comparison, that received at the end of a CDD represents 10% of gross salary, but is subject to social security contributions and income tax. Is the employer a winner? In addition to the 8% paid to the employee, he is required to pay a special contribution to the public employment service (ANPE and Unedic). This expense is equal to 2% of the gross remuneration received by the former employee. In principle, the company therefore pays a total of 10% for the CNE as for a CDD. The difference ? On the end of fixed-term contract, it also pays employer's social contributions, although these are not claimed from it on the end of CNE premium.

What about unemployment? In principle, an employee must have contributed at least six months to be compensated by the Assedic. There is no exception for holders of a CNE who are licensed before this fateful deadline. But a softening is expected. Provided they have worked at least four months, they will receive a flat-rate allowance of 492 euros for one month, regardless of their salary. That is just a little more than the RMI paid to a single person. And if they haven't worked for four months, they won't receive anything.

Success… announced prematurely!


Companies can enter into as many "new hire" contracts as they wish. Their only constraint? Observe a three-month waiting period before re-offering such a contract to the same employee. It is true that if the objective of this device is to encourage SMEs to hire in order to reduce unemployment, it would be paradoxical to limit its use. It remains to be seen whether the expected effect will be obtained ...

On September 1, the Prime Minister created a surprise by proudly announcing that nearly thirty thousand CNEs had been concluded in less than a month. Alas, the statistics say ... what we want them to say. Based on the DUE (single hiring declarations) that all bosses must send to Social Security when recruiting a new employee, it turns out that in this case they are a little misleading. Badly informed, about a third of employers last August, on this document, checked the box "new employment contract" to declare ... a new hire. Many of them, moreover, manage SMEs with more than twenty employees and cannot take advantage of the system!

Anne-Laure Dujardin
[October 03, 2005]

........ we can move this info to another subject because it does not really concern the explosion in Mulhouse, but the students miraculously spared by this boom and soon future employees ... yes !!