Faced with the virulent resumption of fires in Gironde since Tuesday evening, five European countries will come to the aid of French firefighters.
Emmanuel Macron declared Thursday August 11 on Twitter: “
Germany, Greece, Poland, and in the next few hours Romania and Austria: our partners are coming to the aid of France in the face of the fires.
Thanks to them.
European solidarity is at work!
".
Yesterday, in Gironde and in the Landes, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin announced on Wednesday the reinforcement of the means which now include "
more than 1000 firefighters, 9 planes and two water bomber helicopters
".
Poland had announced that it would send 146 firefighters from Thursday to fight the fires in the South, after the call for help launched by France.