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DIRECT. Fires: 17,000 hectares ravaged in Gironde, fires progress in Finistère and Manche

2022-07-19T05:46:28.650Z


Nearly 1,700 firefighters from all over France and supported by significant air resources, are mobilized against two fires that burned


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  •  Météo-France lifted heatwave red vigilance on Tuesday morning in 15 departments on the Atlantic coast, but 70 remain placed on orange vigilance. 

  • The two giant fires in Gironde, against which 1,700 firefighters are fighting, have already ravaged 17,000 hectares of forest.

    A suspect suspected of being the cause of one of the fires has been arrested.

  • According to the prefect of Gironde, a total of 32,300 people have had to leave their homes since Tuesday, including 16,000 for Monday alone.

  • Fires broke out in several other departments of France, from Finistère to Vaucluse, via the Channel. 

07:29

The fire on the Monts d'Arrée progresses, 300 people evacuated

In total, 1,330 hectares of vegetation are now burned in the fire that broke out in the Monts d'Arrée, in Brasparts in Finistère, according to the prefecture of the department.

300 people were also evacuated. 

07:25

17,000 hectares devastated in Gironde

Nearly 1,700 firefighters from all over France and supported by significant air resources, are mobilized against two blazes which burned 4,700 hectares of forest in La Teste-de-Buch and 12,000 in Landiras, 50 km to the is, according to the latest point from the Gironde prefecture on Monday evening.

In total, nearly 17,000 hectares went up in smoke. 

LP/Olivier Corsan

07:20

Welcome to this live 

Hello and welcome to this live dedicated to the latest events related to the fires that are ravaging the Gironde but also several departments of France. 

Source: leparis

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