This Thursday, July 30, a " very serious " fire is underway in a forest located in the town of Anglet (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), the town's official account on Twitter said. " Significant firefighters have been deployed on site " to try to contain the flames, she detailed. " Several dozen hectares have burned, " Mayor Claude Olive told AFP.
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In the early evening, two water bombers and at least 65 firefighters intervened in this urban area, according to the firefighters of the department. " The fire is in progress, drops are in progress ". 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 vigorous, we all got into our cars, " said a resident to this AFP correspondent. The forest of Chiberta, made up of pines, is an island of greenery within the densely populated Bayonne-Biarritz-Anglet agglomeration.
