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Fire in Anglet: several residents evacuated, dozens of hectares of forest gone up in smoke

2020-07-30T20:28:21.913Z


Dozens of people have been forced to evacuate their homes.A fire broke out this Thursday evening in the Chiberta forest, in the center of Anglet (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). "Several dozen hectares have burned" in the Pignada sector, said Mayor Claude Olive. “We evacuated all the residences on either side of the fire. " Anglet, July 30, 2020./Pierre Carton   “The Canadair have just made their last rotation. They helped us a lot and now the firefighters will...


A fire broke out this Thursday evening in the Chiberta forest, in the center of Anglet (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). "Several dozen hectares have burned" in the Pignada sector, said Mayor Claude Olive. “We evacuated all the residences on either side of the fire. "

Anglet, July 30, 2020./Pierre Carton  

“The Canadair have just made their last rotation. They helped us a lot and now the firefighters will intervene on foot, ”he continued, as night fell. In addition to these two water bombers, at least 65 firefighters intervened in this urban area, according to the firefighters of the department.

“I had the flames ten meters away! "

Dozens of people were forced to evacuate their homes, noted an AFP correspondent who saw people drive away with suitcases hurriedly thrown in their vehicles. "At the bottom of my street, the flames were approaching the houses and they were very strong, we all got into our cars", explained one resident.

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“At 8 pm everything was fine, then at 8:30 pm, we were told: Everyone come out! The wind has turned, ”recounts in tears a young girl evacuated from her boyfriend's apartment. “I had the flames ten meters away! Usually, there is never a wind here, ”exclaimed the resident of a house at the end of the street, on the edge of the forest.

Anglet, July 30, 2020./Pierre Carton  

The forest of Chiberta, made up of pines, is an island of greenery within the densely populated Bayonne-Biarritz-Anglet agglomeration. Between the Adour river and the Atlantic, this forest is bordered to the west by a golf course, and luxurious villas.

Source: leparis

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