The fire which broke out on Friday, July 22 in the afternoon, in the Minervois was fixed and destroyed at least 150 hectares in the Hérault and the Aude, the firefighters said on Saturday.
Some 80 firefighters remain mobilized "
to treat the edges and hot spots
" and determine the exact surface that has gone up in smoke.
The command of operations has passed from the firefighters of the Hérault to those of the Aude because if "
the fire started from the Hérault
", it "
concerns with regard to the burned surface mainly the Aude
", according to the firefighters of the Hérault. .
The rain on Friday evening allowed "
an improved situation
" and according to the first estimates, around 150 to 200 hectares were burned, including 80-90 in the Aude, specified for their part the firefighters of the Aude on Twitter.
Saturday, the risk of fire remained "
high
" in five massifs of the Hérault including the Minervois, indicated for its part the prefecture, advising against entering it after 11 a.m., in a department placed on heat wave alert at least until Sunday, like a large south-eastern quarter of France.