Firefighters continue to fight fires this Sunday, particularly in Aveyron, Gironde, Landes and Brittany. If the freshness and moisture of showers and thunderstorms from the west put an end to the heat wave in much of France, they could be counterproductive if flooding begins, according to civil safety.
fire”hereafter fixed» in Gironde
A month after the two giant fires of Landiras and Teste-de-Buch in the Gironde, the fire “Landiras-2“As the firefighters call it, which has already destroyed 7,400 hectares of pine trees south of Bordeaux.hereafter fixedRonan Leustic, sub-prefect of Arcachon, announced on Sunday.
“Finally the night was favorable for us. We had quite a bit of rain and very little wind (…) These conditions allowed us to determine that the situation was extremely favorable and that the fire was now extinguished.“, he explained to the press. But “a steady fire is not an extinguished fire“, he insisted to remember. About 8,000 people who were evacuated have the right to return to their homes.
The fire in Aveyron is under control
A fire that destroyed 1,360 hectares of vegetation in Aveyron and Loser this week is now under control, the prefecture announced late Sunday. According to the same source, 1,000 people who were evacuated on Saturday after the resumption of the fire were allowed to return to their residences or places of rest.
The fire broke out on Monday, started by agricultural machinery on the road to Loser, and then spread towards the village of Mostuejules in Aveyron. “Rain since (Sunday) afternoon has allowed firefighters to regain control of the blaze.“, informs the press release of Aveyron prefecture. About 350 of the 700 firefighters sent to the scene were to remain mobilized to monitor the evolution of the fire on Sunday and the following days. “The fire has not yet been extinguished, but the situation has stabilized. He is under surveillanceA representative of the Aveyron fire department told AFP.
During the week, a total of 4,000 people, residents and holidaymakers from the two Aveyron villages, were evacuated as a precaution. There were no injuries, and the fire did not damage the residences or camps. On Wednesday, the person responsible for the fire was charged with forced destruction by arson. After the end of the police custody, he was subjected to judicial supervision. According to the first elements of the investigation, the origin is accidental. The metal part of his trailer created sparks, scraping the ground, setting fire to the vegetation on the side of the road, on the edge of Aveyron and Loser.
Emmanuel Macron will gather all the actors at the Elysée
As soon as the fire was extinguished, the head of the country expressed his desire to start the work.”on the evolution of the fire prevention and control model“, – discovers JDD: . It will bring together in the Elysée Palace all the actors mobilized in the affected departments, from firefighters to local elected officials and even reinforcements from abroad and Europe. The goal, “thank themon the one hand, and on the other, thinking about how to improve the response system.
From Fort Breganson, where he is taking a few days off, the head of state spoke by phone with firefighters and elected officials in the state of Jura, particularly praising the solidarity of farmers in helping the firefighters. “They mobilized spontaneously and without counting to supply themselves with water.” emphasizes Clément Pernot, the chairman of the departmental council of Jura, who spoke with Emmanuel Macron. The head of the country said that he wants to compensate them.
Firefighters from Europe and Polynesia are assisting
A thousand firefighters are still mobilized on the ground in the Gironde, including many reinforcements from several European countries. 77 Austrian firefighters arrived on Friday evening, joining German and Romanian firefighters already deployed on the mission. The latest batch of 146 Polish firefighters arrived on Friday afternoon, bringing the European aid contingent to 361 firefighters. In addition to those reinforcements, there are 2 Italian Canadair planes and 2 other Greek planes that started their mission on Friday.
Fires continue in Jura, Brittany and Drôme
More than 1,050 hectares of forests have been reduced to ashes Yura a situation this weekunpublished“For the firefighters who were prevented by the rain on Sunday”.postponement“, according to the prefecture. “It is historic“according to authorities who are talking about the fires”unprecedented scale“. A total of four fires blackened the Petite Montagne du Jura massif in the department’s southeast, with two still raging on Sunday morning that were finally contained by midday. The largest, which began on Tuesday, destroyed about 700 hectares in the Vescles and Cernon sector and was declared:fixed“Sunday afternoon, especially thanks”on the first rainy episodeand dropping off backward products by Dash plane by prefecture.
simple situation”improvement“Until Sunday morning, the authorities raised the alarm.”risk of spreading to several hundred hectares“. Not far away, another fire that broke out on Saturday near the town of Monlencia and consumed 200 hectares of forest was also not extinguished on Sunday. The rainfall, however, raised fears of landslides in charred areas as a village in Menui was evacuated as a precaution following an emergency survey by the Bureau of Geological Survey and Mining (BRGM). Both fires in Cornod and Sarrogna sectors were declared extinguished on Sunday morning. 162 hectares were burned there.
In BrittanyThe fire covering 630 hectares in the Broseliand forest was declared “fixedAfter a big recovery overnight on Sunday, however, according to the prefect of Morbihan, he remained under the care of 180 firefighters. Monts d’Arre, already hard hit with more than 2,000 hectares lost since the start of the summer, has been the scene of several fires.not fixeda total of 200 ha on Saturday. Two Swedish water bombers, Air Tractor AT 802 planes, made 42 drops there during the day, according to the prefecture of Finisterre.
In Drom The atmosphere is quite optimistic, even if the forest and vegetation fire, which destroyed 380 ha.not booked yet“Sunday. But hisevolution is not unfavorable because the rain will help usColonel Philippe Castignol, head of the reinforced Codis, told AFP.
In Maine and the Loire The fire that destroyed 160 hectares in Trelaze area.fixed and controlled“Especially thanks to the rain, the sub-prefect of Anger noted.
A record year in burned hectares
In France, three times more hectares have been burned than the annual average of the last ten years, the year on record in the European Union since 2006. Even Jura, with its usually more temperate climate, was hit by two fires;
Against this situation”exceptional“Several large French companies, Carrefour, Orange, EDF, Axa, Auchan or GRDF, have taken measures to facilitate the release of their volunteer firefighters, responding to the call of Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. On Friday evening, the minister also asked the district heads “be especially vigilant“Even because of the cancellation of the traditional fireworks on August 15.”increasing the risk of fires“.
Source: Le Figaro
