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The fire in the Cévennes fixed, a new start of fire “under control” in Alès

2022-07-10T06:42:45.233Z


The device has been lightened in the north of the Gard where the fire is now fixed by the firefighters who still keep it under close surveillance.


The fire which has ravaged 650 ha since Thursday in the Cévennes "can no longer progress", but it remains under close surveillance.

The device was lightened for the night from Saturday to Sunday, after a day marked by a single outbreak of fire.

“At this point, the fire is set.

It is considered that he can no longer progress.

We have therefore passed the critical phase”, announced on Saturday morning Lieutenant-Colonel Éric Agrinier, communication officer for the Gard firefighters, by reducing the mobilized system to 520 firefighters and 150 vehicles “for the day in order to continue the treatment of several kilometers of edges”.

Saturday evening, Commander Jérôme Jallet announced a new reduction in the system, with the maintenance of some 350 firefighters on the ground.

“We only had one resumption of fire today, and a few hot spots which were quickly dealt with,” he justified.

“The weather conditions remain worrying”

But if "the outbreaks have decreased in intensity, the weather conditions remain worrying in the area", insisted this Gard firefighter, recalling that temperatures around 40 degrees with gusts of wind and unfavorable hydrometry were recorded during the day.

"For the night, we are told 40 km / h of gusty winds, temperatures around 20 to 25 degrees and hydrometry (percentage of humidity in the air) still low, 30%, which remains critical even if we reached 13% in the afternoon, “said Commander Jallet.

"As long as there are hot spots and we are not sure of the weather conditions, the wind, that there are fire swings, we cannot say that the fire is under control", had- He insists.

Leaving the hamlet of Bordezac around 5 p.m. Thursday, this disaster mobilized up to 950 men, but there were no casualties.

On Saturday, the firefighters had air support, in particular to “deal with inaccessible hot spots with surgical strikes from helicopters”, according to the expression of Lieutenant-Colonel Agrinier.

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During the day, the firefighters also used a Heliskid, a 3,000 liter water tank that can be lifted by helicopter into an area inaccessible to vehicles.

Equipped with a motor to send pressure into the pipes, this unique tool in France, which only the Gard firefighters have, has thus enabled them to deal as closely as possible with certain hot spots that are difficult to access.

In addition to this fire, the department of Gard, hit daily by numerous fire starts (more than 30 Friday, 28 Thursday), was generally placed under close surveillance.

A fire started by firecrackers

A fire also broke out on the outskirts of Alès on Saturday evening around 10:30 p.m., according to Midi Libre.

The start of fire was triggered by "several firecrackers" fired at the end of the evening according to the sub-prefect of Alès quoted by BFMTV.

“Fire fixed.

No casualties.

No homes affected, ”the Gard firefighters said on Twitter around 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

Fixed fire.


No casualties.


No homes affected.

https://t.co/JDCkx0aXDD

– Gard Firefighters (@pompiersdugard) July 9, 2022

On Saturday, in Saint-Christol-lès-Alès, the massive commitment of three forest fire intervention groups supported by a water bomber helicopter saved a campsite and a business park from leisure activities threatened by a plant fire outbreak and to limit the disaster to 5,000 m2.

Overall, the Directorate General of Civil Security recommended great caution until Sunday throughout “the Mediterranean area”, “due to a very high danger of fires”.

Source: leparis

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