No injuries were reported, but a wild salmon farmer stated that the entire facility would be affected. Physical damage is described as significant.
Severe damage: Atlantic Sapphire expects the entire facility to be affected by the fire that continues around midnight.
The fire broke out just before 20:30, the Norwegian company said in a message late on Wednesday evening.
– The fire is still going on and the fire service is working on the situation, the company reported shortly before midnight on Wednesday.
– The company expects that the entire Danish factory will be affected by the fire and that the damage will be material and significant, this came in the company’s letter.
Atlantic Sapphire operates wild salmon farms. All employees are safe and no injuries have been reported.
The cause of the fire is currently unknown.
We expect plant biomass to be lost. The Danish plant is insured against all-season fire for about $33 million, the company continues.
Johann Andreessen is the president and owner of a store at Atlantic Sapphire. The facility is located in the fishing town of Hvide Sande in the Central Jutland region of West Jutland.
At around 9pm on Wednesday evening, Central and West Jutland police asked to close doors and windows and to stay away from the area.
Danish face Extrabladet Police described the fire as violent.
At the end of August, Atlantic Sapphire reported much larger losses than expected in the second quarter, as well as challenges accessing liquid oxygen at its Miami salmon plant — a result of increased infections in Florida, and that oxygen is gone. to treat patients.
The stock fell after the news.
In the past three months, the share has fallen 51.85 percent. On Wednesday, before the fire, the stock closed 3.3 percent higher at 46.85 NOK on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
The company has had several fish deaths in recent months. Atlantic Sapphire previously stated that the accidents were caused by human and technical failure.
In the past five years, accumulated losses have exceeded 1.2 billion. Before the summer holidays, investors had to turn over a billion in new capital.
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