Since the first weekend of August, the country has faced several fires, which have been intensified by a new heat wave, highlighted this weekend. Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne and Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin traveled to Gironde on Thursday, which is facing the resurgence of a giant fire in Landiras. Several other departments, such as Aveyron or Jura, also have to fight several fires. Le Figaro to mention the point.
Gironde. 7,400 hectares burned, Elizabeth Bourne and Gerald Darmanin on site
In Hostens (Gironde), where Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne and Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin went, firefighters continued to fight the resurgence of the huge Landiras fire (which had already burned 14,000 hectares in July). When asked about the criticism of the lack of air resources, the head of the government noted that the fleet of water bomber helicopters increased from two in July to nine today. “Eleven at the end of the week”. Gerald Darmanin announced the reinforcements on Wednesday “More than 1000 firefighters”. He also said he suspected arsonists because eight fires started very close to each other between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday.
According to the latest report, about 7,400 hectares have been destroyed since Tuesday, forcing 10,000 people to evacuate, including 2,000 in Lander, some for the second time. “Some spots are particularly hot, some battles are going on», Martin Gespero, Gironde’s defense and security delegate, said at a press briefing late Thursday. “We have more and more equipment breakdowns, because the equipment has been mobilized for a month in a rather unusual way. added Mark Vermeulen, head of the departmental fire and rescue service of the Gironde. The situation is difficult because the temperature is not decreasing.”
A plume of dark smoke covered part of the sky to the southwest Thursday morning, where the fires started overnight. In Landers, the A63 motorway from Bordeaux to Bayonne is closed in both directions at Saint-Geours-de-Maremme, the surrounding smoke represents: “Risk for users”.
According to the manager of the Vinci motorway, the Biriatou toll road has been closed for some time to heavy goods vehicles heading towards Bordeaux. Under questioning, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albarez said he would “Contact (his) partner to see what can be done.” On the D110, the only road open to traffic, there were still a few bonfires burning in the half-burnt pine fields, only the tops of which kept their green.
France receives reinforcements from the European Union and five countries
France will receive aircraft and firefighting supplies from the EU as well as five European countries to tackle wildfires that are ravaging the country’s southwest in particular, Emmanuel Macron and the European Commission announced Thursday. Four planes from the European Union’s firefighting fleet have been dispatched from Greece and Sweden at the request of French authorities, the EU executive said. Italy will also hurry “A Few Canadairs”Emmanuel Macron tweeted in the afternoon. The President of the Republic had a telephone conversation with the head of the Italian government, Mario Draghi. “coordinate strengthening issues” we said in his circle.
In addition, firefighting teams from Germany, Poland, Austria and Romania are on their way to support French firefighters under the EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism, the commission said. The European firefighting fleet consists of twelve aircraft and one helicopter from six Member States, based in Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Sweden. It is fully financed by the EU. Greece will send two Canadairs and Sweden two Air Tractors “during the day”, the French Presidency clarified. Italy will send two Canadairs on Friday.
“361 firefighters from several European countries are on their way to join us and will add to the 1,100 firefighters already in Gironde.”, said Martin Gespero, prefect delegate for defense and security in the Gironde. The German team arrived first. 65 German firefighters and 24 vehicles will arrive in Gironde by Thursday evening. “Next is Romania with 77 personnel and 14 vehicles, and tomorrow Poland with 146 personnel and 49 vehicles. Austria will also send 73 personnel and 14 vehicles tomorrow.continued Martin Gespero.
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Yura. one of the fires is progressing, 460 ha of forest has been burned
Two wildfires have burned 460 hectares in southern Jura since Tuesday, with one of the fires breaking out again Thursday afternoon, prompting the precautionary evacuation of a village of 250 residents, the prefecture said. “The spread of fire in the area of Vescles and Cernon municipalities”. accelerated (Thursday) afternoon and mobilized 90 firefighters and 28 vehicles, the prefecture said in a press release. “The whole municipality of Cernon” has been evacuated “as a preventive measure”. and approx “250 people were sheltered with the offer of admission”. In the naval base of the neighboring town of Belesin, according to the same source, which states that farmers are supporting the firefighters. “Drowning the edges of the forest”. In a previous press release, Jura Prefecture described “a cloud of smoke visible for tens of kilometers covering most of the south of the department” and accompanied by a “burnt smell that can disturb the residents of the area”.
At 17:30, 300 hectares were burned.against 250 at the beginning of the afternoon and an area of 110 ha “Still Threatening”, according to the prefecture. Power outages are taking place in the area to ensure drops from two water-bomber helicopters based in Annecy arrived on Thursday, according to the prefecture. The intervention of these helicopters should facilitate ground combat operations against this fire, which is spreading in a hilly area where aid is making difficult progress. By the end of the afternoon, new reinforcements are expected from Ain, Doubs, Haut-Marne, Haute-Saëns, Saint-Étienne-Loire and the Belfort area, the prefecture still shows. About twenty kilometers to the south-west, in the Cornot and Vosbles-Walfin section, the fire is now contained, however, after burning 160 hectares.
Aveyron. fire remains active, new evacuees
Five hundred vacationers and residents of the villages of Riviere-sur-Tarne and Mostuejule in Aveyron were evacuated on Wednesday evening, the fire that broke out on Monday is still active, we learned from the municipality. de Mostuéjouls and firemen. Already between Monday and Tuesday night, 3,000 people had been evacuated as a precaution from several camps in Gorg du Tarn and these two villages. More than 715 hectares of vegetation, particularly coniferous forests, have been burned by the fire, often in hard-to-reach areas between the Causse de Sauveterre and the Gorges du Tarn, complicating the operation of the 500 firefighters mobilized.
“The fire is not fixed and remains inaccessible to our land resources, it is a very sharp relief. We are in a limited area, but the risk of evolution is not excluded. The right wing is still quite active, it is developing slowly. We are doing everything to make the village come down.” Captain Jordan Dieudonné of the Aveyron fire department told AFP. Residents were evacuated on Wednesday evening “that their vapors may not be troubled.”, adds the officer. At this stage, there were no casualties and no buildings were damaged as a result of the fire.
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Maine-et-Loire. the two main fires were extinguished, 1500 ha were burned
The two main fires in Maine-et-Loire, which have destroyed more than 1,500 hectares of mostly forest since Monday, are now out, the department’s firefighters said Thursday morning. The fire around Bau-sur-Anjou, which destroyed the Pugliese forest, “corrected as of Wednesday 17:30: 1400 ha burned. We are still protecting the sensitive points of 22 sites as they are in burnt areas. We have many t-shirts, some of which are not natural,” laments Codis to AFP. “We are very, very vigilant. on the threatened surface we are on 200 hectares and we have bad weather conditions this afternoon – heat, wind and very low humidity (11%).Codis added.
In Beaulieu-sur-Lyon, south of Angers in the Lyon wine region, the fire was also extinguished and burned 150 hectares. “Fire requires vigilance, as we have unnatural re-starts there as well,” according to Codis. More than 500 firefighters, many of whom came from other departments, are still attending these two disasters. The main fire that started on Monday in Maine-et-Loire, Baugé-en-Anjou, was still not under control early Wednesday evening, the department’s Codis said. Environment Transition Minister Christophe Bechu visited Bauge’s emergency services on Wednesday afternoon.
Drom. 291 hectares were burned, the fire is still not under control
A forest and vegetation fire in Drome on Wednesday has made little progress and has now burned 291 hectares, firefighters said. The fire was caused by lightning and is located on the Diois massif in Romeyerchanged very little during the day, but still not fixedLt. Col. Ramon Navarro, senior officer at the SDIS (Departmental Fire and Rescue Service) Drom command, told AFP.
Houses were not evacuated by the 320 fire-rescuers of Sarki, who were busy during the day.”zone the fireso that it does not reach the surrounding towns and villages. Three sections were specifically considered: the northern section, the southern section and the advanced (western) section. Tactical fire was used to spread the fire over the already scorched ground, and a heavy helicopter on Wednesday made 90 drops of 4,000 liters of water on Tuesday. On Monday evening, a Gardi firefighter, who came as a backup, was burned on the face. Two other firefighters, one also from Gard, also from Drome, suffered smoke inhalation. “All three were able to leave the hospital“Drom prefect assured in a press release on Tuesday, Tuesday evening.
Source: Le Figaro
