In Opul, north of the Iberian Islands, a fire burned more than 1,000 hectares in a matter of hours. The fire broke out on Tuesday, June 28, at noon. Still out of control last night, the neighboring town of Salses-le-Château is now in danger.
More than 400 firefighters were mobilized on Tuesday with the support of eight water bombers. Opul Mayor Pascal Sarda addressed the microphone of France Bleu Roussillon on Tuesday evening. It’s a fireprobably of criminal origin“He estimates, detailing that the fire broke out in the area.”out of sight«. The soil, brush and dry, was favorable for the spread of flames, which was pushed by a tramontam to the castle of Salses։.
Evacuation ազ Power outage
As a result of the urgency of the situation, more than 122 people were evacuated from the Bois des Pins camp in the evening, as well as from the Salses-le-Château residence. At the moment, they are hosted by the municipality in a multifunctional room.
The Opul section was without electricity on Tuesday evening. Water outages were frequent, the telephone network was barely working. The heat of the fire affected the farms more, the equipment was destroyed, sometimes the vineyards. The Seso explosives station near the village was rescued, but the fire did not reach.
The A9 was cut off by Rivesaltes և Leucate և, the 9 D900 reopened at around 9pm on Tuesday evening with heavy traffic. Access routes from the north of the department are limited. There was no train from Narbon to Narbon last night.
The department firefighters encountered several fires on Tuesday, June 28. Some were found in Rivesaltes, Corneilla-la-Rivière (several thousand m²), Pollestres, Barcares, Cases-de-Pène և Toulouse.
Source: Le Figaro
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