Two fires broke out early Saturday afternoon in the towns of Larrau and Licq-Atherey in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, destroying 150 hectares of vegetation, we learned from the prefecture and firefighters. One of the outbreaks, which had broken out on the right side of the Etxelü woods, in Larrau,
“is now fixed”
after having covered some 50 hectares of vegetation, writes the prefecture in a press release. Land resources are in the process of
being “disengaged”
in this sector, she told AFP
late
in the evening.
The evolution of the other fire, which broke out on the left flank of the same wood,
“is very slowed down or even stopped without any major building or vegetation issues, but inaccessible for the ground troops who will remain on surveillance for at night
,” the prefecture further indicates. In this
“hardly accessible area”
, the flames had covered
“more or less 100 hectares”
by the end of the day.
“The high temperature, low humidity and wind gusts of 100 km/h formed an explosive cocktail which started the fires
,” point out the firefighters. On Sunday morning, the resources involved - more than 80 firefighters and 27 vehicles at the end of the day - will finalize the extinction of the fire, aided by the rise in humidity, a drop in wind and temperatures expected overnight.