The fire started again near Landiras in Gironde. 6,000 ha of pine burned, 3,500 people were evacuated.

The situation is being assessedvery unfavorable“By the fire brigades of Hostens and Saint-Magnes-sur-Gironde, where fires rekindled by the giant Landiras fire in July have destroyed 6,000 ha of pines since the afternoon of Tuesday August 9, requiring the evacuation of 3,800 people from this forest area as a precaution. by prefecture.

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“The fire is very strong and has spread to the Department of Lands. The districts of Hostens, Saint-Manier and Belin-Bellier were evacuated.“, or about 3,800 people, according to the press release. The municipality of Hostens announced on its Facebook page.a general evacuation order from the village“, with “The possibility of providing shelter in Belin-Bellie village administrations“.

Since 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, 300 firefighters, supported by Canadairs, Dash and a water-bombing helicopter, have been battling the resurgence of fires in this forest area near the already disaster zone of Landiras. “The situation is very unfavorable. We are keeping all assets on the ground overnight as many hot spot defenses are expected“, emphasized Lt. Col. Menduse, communication officer of the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis) of Gironde.

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Firefighters apply specificallytactical lightscreate buffer zones and stop the advance of the fire. During operations,One truck and three light vehicles were destroyed, but no firefighters were injured” said Lt. Col. Arno Menduse. “We see a lot of black smoke 2 or 3 km away from the villagePascal Bizarre, city councilor of Hostens, a town of 1,300 on the border with Landes, told AFP in the afternoon.

“Adverse weather conditions”

These resurgences of fires in Saint-Magny and Hostens are noted around 1:00 p.m., “due to adverse weather conditions“According to the Gironde prefecture, are located about twenty kilometers from Landiras, the epicenter of a huge fire that engulfed almost 14,000 hectares of forest in July and which is still not.”possesses“in our days. “These are hotspots that reactivated in the early afternoon during the hottest hours of the day.” Sdis de la Gironde explained to AFP this afternoon, describing “fairly rapid firefanned by warm winds.

North of Landiras, in Kabanak, at 15:00, another resumption of the fire destroyed 20 hectares of forest with the support of 80 firefighters and air assets, but this fire.no more progress“Tuesday evening, according to Sdis Gironde. So is the situationfavourable“and the fire”fixedIn St. Helens, Medoc, where 15 hectares of forest went up in smoke at around 3.45pm on Tuesday afternoon, mobilizing hundreds of firefighters and air assets.

With the return of high heat in the Gironde this week, placed under an orange heatwave alert, firefighters have had to deal with the issue.hard day“No less than Tuesday”10 forest fires (…) with areas from several thousand m2 to several hectares“In the General Department, lieutenant colonel Arno Menduse emphasized. “We called all of our on-duty and off-duty personnel and reserve personnel“, he added. The Gironde prefecture has activated a departmental operations center (COD).

Source: Le Figaro

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