More than 1,000 firefighters are trying to bring the blaze under control, aided by 100 vehicles and seven Canadair seaplanes and two Dash water bombers. 10,000 people have been evacuated and at the moment there are no personal casualties
About 7,300 hectares of forest are in the until this Friday morning two fires declared on Tuesday in the Landes Natural Park, between the Landes and La Gironde departments, which still not under control and that led to the evacuation of nearly half a thousand people last night.
The prefecture of New Aquitaine and the Gironde reports on its Twitter account that at 08:00 local time (06:00 GMT) 3,100 hectares of calcined mountains in the fire of La Teste de Buch, who also destroyed three homes and two restaurants in Cazaux.
to do #FeuxDeForets 8 am.
La Teste : 3100ha brules. 3 houses and 2 restaurants destroyed by the Cazaux . sector
Landiras: 4,200 ha brules. Evacuation of 480 people cette nuit à Origin, Balizac and Louchats. Salles ouvertes à St Symphorien et Villandraut
Situation toujours unfavourable pic.twitter.com/Q1bb46zKHD— Préfète de Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Gironde (@PrefAquitaine33) July 15, 2022
On Thursday afternoon they were evacuated 4000 inhabitants of Cazauxthat were added to the more than 6000 who was also evicted on the Bassin d’Arcachonmainly on campsites in this touristic coastal area.
In the second fire, in Landirasthe fire had covered 4,200 hectares until this morning, the prefecture said, which also reported the evacuation of 480 people during the night from Thursday to Friday in the towns of Origne, Balizac and Louchats, for which several rooms had been set up in Saint Symphorien and Villandraut.
Fire card.
The government delegation emphasizes that the situation remains “unfavourable”. Other than property damage, there is no record of personal casualties.
This morning, the deputy prefects responsible for each of these two areas are expected to appear before the press to report on developments.
More of 1000 firefighters They try to bring the fire under control, aided by 100 vehicles and seven Canadair seaplanes and two Dash water bombers.
Red fire hazard warning
The authorities have stated in red fire alarm for both the Gironde and the Landesto the south, consequently have forbidden the movement of vehicles with or without motor in the forest environment between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m., except for public services in the performance of their duties; They also banned the activities of logging, forestry, civil engineering, service, carbonization and sawmill at the same time.
In addition, recreational and sports activities are prohibited, except those that take place in the leisure center and in the vicinity of the beach plan.
In addition, it is recalled that it is forbidden to use fire in those same rooms; smoking and throwing matches, cigarette butts, or glowing debris;
burning and controlled incineration of green waste; or practice isolated camping and bivouac.
The lighting of fireworks and fireworks, except in or in the water, is also prohibited in the predominantly forest communities of the Gironde until Monday 18 July at 08:00.
I#VigilanceRouge #feuxdeforet in #gironde : The movement of people and vehicles takes place between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. on the forest paths, chemins and bicycle paths from the common forest to the dominant forest.
Toutes les consignes sur nore site
https://t.co/Sk6MreLWZIto do#SDIS33 pic.twitter.com/eZeBGkuYcb
— Gironde (@gironde) July 15, 2022
La Gironde is also one of the eleven departments in the south of France in orange heat wave warningwith temperatures that can again rise above 35 degrees today.
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Source: EITB
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