More than 90 firefighters and 35 fire trucks have been dispatched to the scene to contain the conflagration.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that a massive fire has broken out at a warehouse in Villeurbanne, a municipality in Greater Lyon, France on Tuesday morning. There were no immediate reports of any causalities or the cause of the blaze.

According to preliminary reports the 3,000 square-meter warehouses stored batteries. However, local authorities haven't ruled out that the fire could have occurred at a depot storing plastic material. Local media also reported that the fire could have started in a nearby building and then spread to the warehouse.

According to the latest update, the fire has been contained but a squad of firefighters remains present at the site.