A fire "
inaccessible
" to ground teams ravaged Monday, August 1 "
at least 200 hectares
" of maquis in the town of Santo-Pietro di Tenda in Haute-Corse, without threatening habitation, indicated to the AFP a spokesman for the fire department.
This fire, which was reported to the firefighters at 8:40 a.m., covered "
a minimum envelope of at least 200 hectares
" in this town of Haute-Corse located about twenty kilometers from St-Florent, a very seaside village. popular with tourists in the summer.
It "
is still spreading
," Lieutenant-Colonel Thierry Nutti, duty officer of Codis 2B, told AFP.
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A second start of fire 800 meters from the first could be stopped and only burned "
3 to 4 hectares
", he said.
“
The particularity of this fire is that it is completely inaccessible, in a steep geographical area where there is no activity other than a little hiking
,” added the officer.
"
The conditions are unfavorable since the fire cannot be worked by terrestrial means
" due to its inaccessibility, he explained.
No homes are threatened, said the same source.
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All air resources available in Corsica have been deployed: two planes and two water bomber helicopters.
A Dash aircraft also arrived as reinforcements to drop retardant in order to “
channel the progression
” of the fire.
On Saturday, several forests in Haute-Corse were closed due to a severe risk of fire and the affected area was considered "
dangerous
" for this risk, the authorities inviting people not to go there.