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France: more than 39,000 people evacuated due to uncontrolled forest fires in Bordeaux [VIDEO]

About 2,000 firefighters are working to put out the two fires. | Font: Photo: AFP / Video: EFE

More than 39,000 people have already been evacuated for preventive purposes after two fires broke out south of Bordeaux on Tuesday last week, burning at least 19,300 hectares of pine forest.

The prefecture (government delegation) explained in a statement that up to 15:00 local time (13:00 GMT), 6,500 hectares were burned in the fire that started in the coastal town of La Teste-de-Buch, and in Landiras – 12800 hectares.

About 2,000 people were evacuated from the city this afternoon. Saint Symphorianincluding 80 elderly people from the place of residence, the prefecture said.

Prior to this, authorities reported more than 37,000 people evicted in a week in this department of the Gironde to avoid victims of the fires. So far, there has not been a single death. Several firefighters were slightly injured.

the fire Buch test continues “very, very active, but we managed to control it and prevent it from progressing,” said the prefect of the department the GirondeFabien Buccio.

evacuated animals

One of the evacuations was carried out this morning at the Bassin d’Arcachon Zoo, in Buch testin which, on an area of ​​22 hectares of forest, there were 850 animals of almost a hundred species.

Zoo staff, assisted by nearly 100 veterinarians and operators from abroad, as well as agents from the French Biodiversity Conservation Authority, took 363 animals that could be transported and delivered them in special convoys to the zoo in Bordeaux65 kilometers from there, according to the message of the Ministry of Ecological Transition.

The 2,000 firefighters who are trying to put out the two blazes that remain uncontrollable received air support from eight Canadair seaplanes and two Dash bombers on Tuesday.

Various media have leaked that the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, plans to travel to the Gironde department this Wednesday to express its support for the firefighters and the affected population, as well as to make a series of announcements about the fire extinguishing device. (EFE)


Source: RPP

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