He shook hands.
Those of firefighters and staff of the forestry office, thanking them for their investment in recent hours.
The worst seems to have passed now in the Var hinterland, where fires have ravaged more than 5,000 hectares of land, according to Var firefighter captain Olivier Pecot.
This is the moment chosen by Emmanuel Macron to leave his residence in Brégançon and realize the situation on the spot, at the command post.
The fire has long worried the population and local elected officials.
The wind and drought fanned the flames, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people, including vacationers who resided in campsites, and mobilizing more than 900 firefighters.
"Lives have been protected"
"It's been 24 hours that we have this first big fire of the summer campaign with an extreme mobilization which allowed us to avoid the worst", welcomed the President of the Republic, who evokes for his part some 3500 hectares of charred land.
The worst was avoided, he then hammered, “since lives have been protected and, despite three injuries, our firefighters continue to be in combat but have been able to stabilize the situation.
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“We must be very modest in the face of these events,” he continues.
We were spared much more than some of our neighbors.
It is clear that when there is severe drought and wind, these events are triggered, ”he continued.
The President of the Republic then recalled that France had, at this stage, been less affected than certain neighboring or Mediterranean countries, but regretted that it was not able to provide as much assistance to Israel as to other countries. affected by devastating fires.
Because all the means have been deployed in the Var or almost.
"National solidarity" has been mobilized in terms of equipment and men, "explains Macron, indicating that eleven canadairs were deployed on this fire, while France has twelve canadairs in total.
