It is now official.
The Var firefighters announced, this Thursday noon, to have declared as "extinguished" the violent fire which killed two and devastated 7,000 hectares of vegetation on the Côte d'Azur in mid-August.
This forest fire, said de Gonfaron, had been "under control" since Monday - that is to say, it no longer presented a risk of re-flames.
It no longer has embers.
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As of last Friday, the fire, which killed two people and led to the evacuation of thousands of people in the hinterland of Saint-Tropez, had been declared "fixed", but the firefighters had feared further recoveries in favor of wind that blew all weekend on this fire, the biggest in France this year.
A suspected arsonist arrested
Saturday, in an area close to the fire, a 56-year-old man was arrested when he had "voluntarily set fire to a piece of forest", according to the Draguignan prosecutor's office.
The firefighters were quickly able to extinguish this disaster.
Monday evening, the arsonist was indicted for attempting to destroy a forest and placed in pre-trial detention.
He faces a 15-year prison sentence.
Several Mediterranean countries were hit this summer by serious fires, from Israel to Morocco, via Greece and Algeria.
