The fires will not have waited for the summer.
A fire broke out on Friday June 10 in Ornaisons (Aude), burning a hundred hectares according to various local media, before being brought under control.
Hundreds of kilometers away, another fire was still raging late Saturday afternoon near Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes).
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In Ornaisons, the fire broke out around 4:30 p.m., according to France 3 Occitanie, in an area described as wooded and exposed to the wind.
It would have stopped progressing around 9:45 p.m., thanks to the work of some 300 firefighters, nine planes and a helicopter which were engaged in the fight.
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We must all consider that we are already in the middle of summer, that the fire risk is already high, and that we must be extra vigilant
", explains Colonel Jean-Luc Beccari, of the departmental fire and safety service. relief (SDIS) of Aude.
The whole night was devoted to controlling the fire and this Saturday, fumaroles continue to occupy the firefighters to avoid any recovery.
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In the Alpes-Maritimes, another fire broke out at midday this Saturday, in a forest near Grasse in Spéracèdes.
A brush fire would be responsible.
According to France 3 PACA, 150 firefighters were deployed, the area being steep and difficult to access.
Dwellings and a perfume factory were protected.
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