Historic temperature records were broken on Monday across France, during "the hottest day of this heat wave", announced Météo France.
On the roofs, the zinc roofers continue to work despite everything, adapting: “We shift our schedules, starting at six in the morning.
We take more breaks, and above all, we drink a lot, ”explains Tony Raquidel, manager of CMT Couverture, on a construction site in Versailles.
"We are at five liters of water a day," says a worker.
The slate burns hands
“If you touch the slates, you burn your hands,” says Tony Raquidel.
15 departments in the west of France are placed on red heat wave vigilance.
In the Yvelines, the alert is still orange.
"Winter is not better, when it's windy, rainy, unfortunately that's part of the job," explains Sébastien Robert, manager of the Couvreurs de Neauphle.
Watch our report in our video at the top of the article.
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