The Gard experienced several major fire outbreaks on Monday June 13, one of which destroyed 60 bungalows in one of the largest campsites in Europe, at Grau-du-Roi, and 185 hectares were burned.
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Significant resources have been deployed since the beginning of the afternoon by the Gard firefighters, who were to receive the reinforcement of 240 firefighters from neighboring departments after the start of several forest fires.
According to the latest press release from the fire department, at 8:45 p.m. the fires were “
fixed
”, but remained under surveillance overnight.
“
Important work on the edges of the fires will be carried out in order to avoid any risk of resumptions
”, specify the firefighters.
In Serviers, about twenty kilometers north of Nîmes, some 100 hectares of forest burned.
Canadairs made numerous drops during the day to extinguish the flames.
In Ledenon, a town near the famous Pont du Gard, 65 hectares of undergrowth, forest and brush also went up in smoke.
Around sixty firefighters, helped by their colleagues from Vaucluse, were hired to protect homes, including a stud farm with around thirty horses.
Not far from there, in Blauzac, where the Canadairs also intervened, an additional 20 ha burned, according to the same source.
"Period at risk"
"
The multiplication of departures in a very short time
" has made "
difficult the action of relief
", underlined the firefighters, urging the population to "
the greatest vigilance
" in this "
period at risk
".
It was at Grau-du-Roi, a seaside resort on the Gard coast, that the first fire of the day broke out, shortly before 2 p.m., within the Espiguette campsite, which has more than 2,000 pitches spread over 42 ha between sea and Camargue.
"
60 bungalows, located on a single island of the campsite, are completely destroyed
," said the Gard prefecture in a press release.
At the end of the afternoon, the fire was "
limited to this area
".
"
Flooding and clearing actions are in progress.
Part of the device will be kept under surveillance for part of the night
, “said the firefighters at the start of the evening.
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No injuries were to be deplored among the 3,000 holidaymakers registered on Monday on the campsite register, according to the prefecture.
"
The holidaymakers have been brought to safety or have left the area on their own to the city's convention center and the yacht club: no one is in danger anymore in the campsite
", according to the same source, which does not
was not able to immediately specify the exact number of evacuees.
“
The other campsites located in the surrounding area have been asked to possibly welcome evacuated holidaymakers this evening.
A medico-psychological emergency cell will be set up by the Gard Red Cross
,” the prefecture also indicated.
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