The images of flames devouring the pines of the Pignada massif and the houses nearby, on July 30 in Anglet, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, remain in people's minds.
The extreme temperatures, 42.5 ° C, and the strong winds changing direction singularly complicated the task of the firefighters and worsened the scale of the disaster.
In total, the fire devastated 90 hectares of pine forest out of the 220 hectares that make up this forest area made up mainly of coniferous trees.
Now is the time to rebuild.
But this must first pass through a clear cut of the trees, whose survival is threatened by an insect.
“After the trauma of the fire, place the trauma of the void
, warns Claude Olive, mayor of Anglet, joint owner of the site with the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
In the
aftermath of the fire, we undertook a first series of work consisting of removing trees threatening the safety of homes and roads.
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