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Fires in the Gironde. Biscarrosse installs firewalls at all costs

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Biscarose and fire at La Teste-de-Buch. Le Figaro

In a cloud of dust and under a blazing sun that has set again after an overcast morning sky, construction equipment is busy. Day and night, companies requested by the Landes prefecture are working to protect Biscarross from a giant fire that has been raging for more than a week, several kilometers away.

To the north is La Teste-de-Buch, in the Gironde, this town from which the fire devoured and destroyed everything in its path. Driven by the winds, it was getting closer to Biskaros every day. Neutralized but still not completely restricted, it is only 3.5 kilometers from some of the residential areas of this seaside resort, which rises from 15,000 inhabitants in winter to 90,000 in summer.

Fire shield

The danger was so close that the city had to be barricaded. Therefore, the first priority site was the expansion of the fire wall, the layer of sand designed to destroy the disaster. Without engulfing vegetation, the flames that reach…

Source: Le Figaro

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