“It was fine twenty minutes ago. And now it’s more difficult.” release François Pradon, the chief of staff of the southern zone of defense and security. From Marseille, where he is based, he is participating in a video conference at the Ministry of the Interior this Thursday afternoon regarding the fires in his sector, on the Mediterranean.
Addressing the giant screen that lights up at 4.30pm and where he appears in the command room, Prefect Alain Tyrion, Director General of Civil Security, took his place to summarize the situation this afternoon. The day, which everyone predicted, would be difficult due to fire-friendly weather, with strong gusts of wind. But they had no idea things would get worse an hour later when a major fire broke out in the Cévennes, a blaze that firefighters were still trying to control on Friday.
This is the first time the fire season has started this early, in mid-June instead of early July
Colonel Arnaud Wilm, head of Cogic
These rooms on the third floor of the Ministry are filled with computers and sleeping bags, stuck…
Source: Le Figaro
