Fires in Gironde, heat wave, accident with ponies: the information to remember this afternoon

The info not to miss

The two fires that have been ravaging the Gironde for more than a week have "very little progress" during the night.

In total, 20,600 ha of forest were burned, including 13,600 in Landiras, 40 km south of Bordeaux, and 7,000 in La Teste-de-Buch, in the Arcachon basin.

In all, nearly 37,000 people had to leave their homes, but no new evacuations were ordered last night and no casualties were reported.

The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, is expected on site this afternoon.

The person who had been placed in police custody on Monday in the investigation into the origin of the fire in Landiras was "released" this night, "the expert opinions, analyzes of the elements collected and hearings carried out, putting her out of the cause “, announced the parquet floor of Bordeaux.

Read alsoFollow our live on the fires in Gironde

What else to remember

• The heat wave moves towards the east of France.

  Météo France has reduced the number of departments in heat wave orange vigilance from 58 to 14, located in the south-east of the country plus the two in Alsace.

  The institute has reintroduced storm orange vigilance for nine departments in the north-east of the territory.

  On Tuesday, new absolute heat records were observed along the northwestern coasts, such as in Dieppe (Seine-Maritime), whose station recorded 40.4 ° C.

• Scramble with ponies near Rennes.

  Fifteen children and two leaders were injured in a scuffle with the ponies of an equestrian center in Saint-M'Hervé (Ille-et-Vilaine), near Rennes on Tuesday.

  According to the first elements of the investigation, “the children and two companions took around twenty ponies to the field.

  On the way, one of the ponies, probably the lead one, turned around for some undetermined reason, followed by others.

  In their flight, the animals jostled and knocked down the group, ”explained the prosecution.

• Laurent Nuñez succeeds Didier Lallement.

  Laurent Nuñez, 58, has just been appointed prefect of police of Paris in the Council of Ministers.

  A nice revenge for this recognized professional, loyal to Emmanuel Macron, who had been "out" of Place Beauvau - and politics - two years ago.

  The former Secretary of State for the Interior, a collateral victim of the fall of Christophe Castaner, his supervisory minister, had landed at the Élysée Palace as National Intelligence and Counterterrorism Coordinator.

The information that concerns you

Getting a home loan is proving more and more complicated: the rise in rates has been accelerating since March and many projects are no longer financeable.

“The market is blocked, notes with the Parisian Maël Bernier, of Meilleurtaux.

The 20-year average rate rose from 1.10% in January to 1.85% in July.

More and more buyers are therefore forced to review their project, postpone it or even draw a line under it.

And experts fear that the situation will worsen by the end of the year.