Temo, which develops and sells electric motors for boats, has been affected by a major fire that has destroyed the company’s Vannes site, in the Brittany region of northwest France.
The offices, workshop, showroom and storage area were destroyed. The premises were empty when the fire broke out on the morning of 8 August 2026, and no injuries or casualties were reported.
The neighbouring company, Balnéo Forme, was evacuated after the fire alarm was raised, with several people leaving the premises. Other neighbouring businesses, including the Mercure Hotel and B’Wall, were also evacuated.
Temo says the fire directly affected Balnéo Forme and has expressed its support for the neighbouring business.
A major emergency response
Around 20 emergency vehicles and 50 firefighters were mobilised to bring the fire under control. Police and municipal services also attended the scene to secure the surrounding area.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
The alert was triggered by a connected automatic smoke detector installed in the workshop, which housed Temo’s R&D, prototyping, assembly of certain products and after-sales service activities.
The company says the Vannes site is neither a logistics warehouse nor a facility dedicated to the storage of lithium batteries, but a limited number of batteries were present on site for the activities carried out there. Temo’s main inventory is held separately at a warehouse in Nantes.
Temo says that tests carried out on site ‘ruled out any technological risk’. The neighbouring businesses that had been evacuated were able to return to their premises by late morning.
Business activities suspended at Vannes site
The destruction of equipment and inventory at the Vannes site has temporarily suspended all shipments, as well as repairs and R&D activities carried out there.
Temo says its teams remain available to respond to customer and partner requests, although response times are expected to be longer over the coming days. The company is also working to maintain operations and support its 23 employees.
Finding new premises is an immediate requirement. Temo will also need to replace some equipment and inventory, restart its supply chain and secure the resources needed for a gradual resumption of activities.
‘Hundreds of messages of support’
‘We are determined to rebuild and move forward’, Temo co-founders Alexandre Seux and Justine Perussel say in a statement.
“Since Saturday, we have received hundreds of messages of support, along with numerous concrete offers of help.
“Customers, partners, suppliers, local businesses and friends of Temo: this incredible show of support has touched us deeply and given us tremendous energy for what lies ahead.
“We have not yet been able to respond to everyone individually, but we would like to sincerely thank all those who have reached out.
“Today, the entire Temo team is united around one priority: to rebuild, progressively resume our activities and continue the Temo journey.”
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