More than 110 hectares of vegetation burned Monday in the Pyrénées-Orientales, requiring the mobilization of 400 firefighters, according to SDIS 66.
The fire broke out shortly before 3 a.m. near Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes and did not threaten any inhabited area.
Driven by the Tramontana, a northwest wind, the flames were heading towards a mountainous area, according to firefighters.
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Five planes and a helicopter water bombers were dispatched to the scene.
“
The fire is still not under control.
We hope the wind will drop at the start of the afternoon
, ”Captain Brice Lafontaine, of the Pyrénées-Orientales Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS), told AFP.
The other big fire in Occitania, which ravaged 1,360 hectares in Aveyron, was “
fixed
” by firefighters, the prefecture announced in a press release on Monday.
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