Around 650 firefighters were still mobilized on Tuesday 16 August to tackle the many hotspots that continued to burn around the massive Landiras fire, which has destroyed 7,400 hectares of pines and whose pursuit precludes recovery.”criminal background“.
Almost half of all firefighters mobilized are part of the European contingent deployed as part of the European Union’s civil protection mechanism, which was set up in 2001, according to firefighters. 146 of them”strazacy“The Poles leave a strong impression with their work”very strictand their 21 deployed vehicles. There are also 141″Feuerverloit“The Germans and the Austrians and 77”pumpsRomanians. Reinforcement is most appreciated”ensure maximum safety performanceahead of the expected rise in temperatures next week.
Privileged criminal thesis
“Now our mission is to put out the hot spots, continue working on the edge and secure the tracks to avoid a new restart of the fixed but still uncontrolled fire.Sdis de Gironde lieutenant colonel Laurent Pham explained to AFP, detailing that the fire.continues to burn underground in marshy soil“.
21 Polynesian firefighters are also expected at the scene in the evening, soon to be joined by firefighters from Reunion and Mayotte. As for the rekindling of this fire on August 9th, “there is no evidence to suggest a criminal background“, the Bordeaux parquet floor also mentioned to AFP on Tuesday.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said he suspected arsonists for this same fire, as eight very nearby fires broke out in the morning. On the other hand, the criminal thesis is always privileged regarding the outbreak of the first fires in the field in mid-July. A judicial investigation was initiated against “Hr.destruction by fire“. According to Public Prosecutor Frederic Portier, three other investigations have also been opened in relation to the fires.criminal backgroundwho declared themselves in the communes of Sulac, Vensac and Blancfort.
Source: Le Figaro
