Although France has been dealing with new fires in recent days, the coolness and rain this weekend of August 15 was in favor of the firefighters. In the Drome or even the Jura, the lights are on now.fixed“. However, 650 firefighters are still mobilized around the Landiras fire and 26 suspected arsonists have been arrested since the start of the summer. Le Figaro to mention the point.
Landiras. 650 firefighters were mobilized, there is no “criminal” recovery, according to the prosecutor’s office.
About 650 firefighters were still mobilized on Tuesday to neutralize the many hot spots that continued to burn in the perimeter of the huge Landiras fire, which has destroyed 7,400 hectares of pines and whose pursuit precludes recovery. “of criminal origin”. 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. Among them, 146 Polish “Strazians” leave a strong impression with their work “very strict” and their 21 deployed vehicles. Also present are 141 German and Austrian “Feuerwehrleute” and 77 Romanian “pompierii”.
“Now our mission is to put out the hot spots, continue working on the edge and secure the tracks to avoid a new outbreak of the contained but still uncontrolled fire.”Sdis de Gironde lieutenant colonel Laurent Pham explained to AFP, detailing that the fire. “It continues to burn underground, in the peat soil.” 21 Polynesian firefighters are also expected at the scene in the evening, soon to be joined by firefighters from Reunion and Mayotte. in connection with the resumption of this fire on August 9. “No element allows you to lean towards a criminal background.” The Bordeaux prosecutor’s office also told AFP on Tuesday. The criminal thesis, on the other hand, is always privileged regarding the first outbreak of fire in the area in mid-July. A judicial investigation has been initiated against the criminal leaders “Destruction by fire”.
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The main fixed lights in France
The big fire that burned 1360 hectares in Aveyron “fixedby firefighters, the prefecture said in a statement on Monday. 1,000 evacuees were able to return to their homes or vacation spots. The fire in Drom, which has covered 383 hectares of vegetation since August 5, also broke out on Sunday afternoon. The prefecture has remindedthat the ignition device will remain under control to avoid re-ignition of the fire“.
Rain on Jura overnight Sunday into Monday helped moisten the soil, limiting the risk of recovery. In the Petite Montagne du Jura in the southeast of the department, more than 1,050 hectares of forest were burned to ashes. “It is historic», said the authorities. The fire, which burned about 700 hectares in the Vescles and Cernon area, was extinguished on Sunday afternoon. Two more were extinguished on Sunday morning, which were announced in the Cornod and Sarrogna sectors.
26 suspected arsonists have been arrested since the beginning of summer
Since the beginning of summer, France has been burning everywhere, from the Ardèche to the Maine-et-Loire, the Landes, the Gironde, the Jura and even the Isère. Although most fires are accidental or even natural, especially due to high temperatures, a significant number may be the malicious actions of arsonists. That is why, every time a fire breaks out, a systematic investigation is opened. In fact, since the start of the summer season, 26 people have been arrested for arson in the entire area, we learned this Tuesday from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. 4 of them have already been sentenced, six have been remanded in custody, adds the judicial source.
Ardennes. the young arsonist was sentenced to eight months of probation
On Tuesday, the 22-year-old was given an eight-month suspended sentence for deliberately starting a fire on a path near houses in the Ardennes on August 12 during a heat wave. Prosecutor Sonia Simon had asked for an 18-month sentence, including six consecutive months, arguing the consequences. “dramatic” that his gesture could have had if the teenagers had not noticed the fire quickly. “The fact of being drunk does not justify his gesture, alcohol is an aggravating circumstance.” he insisted. The young man started the fire with a lighter on the side of the community road, 300 m away from the first houses, near the village of Chatel-sur-Return.
Judging immediately, the defendant, who was found unconscious at the scene, could not explain his gesture. “There wasn’t even a goal, I was drunk. I didn’t want to start a fire that spreads.”he said, adding that he had “panic” seeing the fire break out. Unemployed after the Depression, he had consumed alcohol the day before and the day of the events. defending himself “criminal or arsonist”.This man, unknown to justice, has apologized to the firefighters and the people he allegedly assaulted “may endanger”. He faced ten years in prison.
Pyrenean-Atlantic Islands. the arsonist was arrested and taken to a psychiatric hospital
A 40-year-old man arrested on Sunday for starting two fires in the forest of Anglet on the Basque coast was hospitalized in a psychiatric ward on Monday evening, the Bayonne prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. “The investigation into his hospitalization is suspended, we cannot hear him at this stage”, Bayonne deputy prosecutor Mark Bride explained. Police were alerted by passers-by who saw the man behaving suspiciously on the edge of Chiberta Forest in Anglet early Sunday afternoon.
The man was already known to the police a few days earlier for attacking a bus driver in Biarritz on the night of August 7-8, according to the prosecutor’s office. “He was interned until he was released on Friday as his condition was not considered serious by doctors.”Anglet Mayor Claude Olive said Tuesday. A man with a clean criminal record is being summoned to a Bayonne court before the end of the year to answer for this attack, according to the Bayonne prosecutor’s office. He spent two days in police custody before being transferred to Pellegrini Hospital in Bordeaux on Monday evening.
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Fires. government announces tax relief for victims
a “fire department” Key tax relief for individuals, businesses and communities affected by fires this summer will be implemented within a week, Public Accounts Minister Gabriel Atal announced Monday. Dauphine Libere. “We want to give some oxygen to all those who were directly affected by the fires.”the minister announced in the columns of the regional daily newspaper “Devices to support affected individuals, businesses and communities”. In order to: “limit the economic and financial consequences that the French concerned must bear”, Gabriel Atal and Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire decided to create “In the next week, a ‘fire unit’ in the Department of Public Finance, in conjunction with Ursaf.”who will be responsible for implementing “A kind of tax buffer”.
For individuals who have seen their assets permanently impacted, Gabriel Attal is already speaking “mainly three ways”Exceptional delay in the collection of income tax, suspension of local taxes (property tax and housing tax) on damaged dwellings and downward revision of rental values. “According to the wear and tear of goods”. Regarding business, the minister promised “Postponement of tax payment dates”. and accelerated reimbursement of VAT or CICE credits, “to boost their cash flow”.
Forest fires. Europe’s record summer of burned areas
Fires have burned 662,776 hectares of forests in the European Union since January 1, according to data updated on Sunday by the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), which has been keeping comparable statistics since 2006 thanks to satellite images from the European Copernicus project. France had worse years in the 1970s, before European standardized data. But 2022 is the most serious year in 16 years, according to these figures, largely because of two major fires in a row in the southwestern city of Gironde, where German, Polish and Austrian firefighters arrived this week. spare
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Source: Le Figaro
