A bitter and painful awakening.
The only memory of the devastating fire was the smell of smoke, which destroyed 90% of the Flots Bleus campsite.
Like him, the five campsites at the foot of the Pyla-sur-Mer dune in Gironde have borne the brunt of the devastating flames, destroying part of the region since Tuesday July 12.
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Seven days later, the region deplores the loss of more than 19,000 ha, which went up in smoke.
Twice the size of the city of Paris.
Tourists will no longer come to stroll through the bungalows of this campsite, which became cult in the trilogy of successful films "Camping" by Fabien Onteniente.
The director reacted to the Parisian.
“I was just this Sunday in Biscarrosse to see my friend Franck Dubosc.
Today I am left speechless.
I feel immense sadness, firstly because it's not just the decor of the Flots Bleus, it's a real campsite, with tourists and vacationers.
Even from afar, you could see thick, black smoke.
With this smell of fire still very present.
We were sorry but, on Sunday, we were still hoping that the tide would not turn.
It tasted like disaster, with wild animals roaming the roads.
I'm thinking of the boss of the place, Franck Couderc, who must watch his campsite vanish.
We will be there, of course, in support.
Camping is not dead!
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Its main actor, Franck Dubosc, was quick to react: “Today, Patrick is crying” he wrote on the social network Twitter.
Patrick Chirac by his stage name, the most famous man in swimming trunks on French campsites, and his cult “So!
Aren't we expecting Patrick?
will no longer resonate the same.
We will rebuild our campsite!
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— franckdubosc (@dubosc_franck) July 18, 2022
A wave of sadness surfed on Twitter yesterday after the announcement by the prefect of Gironde and New Aquitaine of the almost total destruction of the campsite.
Many fans wanted to share their dejection in the face of this tragedy, which has led to the evacuation of more than 37,000 people since the start of the fires.
On July 13, the camping area was then evacuated.
Corinne Hardouin, reception manager at the Dune-Les Flots bleus campsite, then explained to AFP: “Everything happened calmly, around 3:00 am, all the campsite employees participated.
There was no immediate danger so don't panic,” she says, “there was a general call.
We were taken care of by the firefighters and the gendarmes.
A bus was made available to take us here.
With tourists and locals far from imagining that the place would be devastated a few days later.
