The essential
The two Gironde fires which have already ravaged 20,800 hectares of forest and led to the evacuation of more than 36,000 people have not progressed.
Nearly 6,000 people obtained the right to return to their homes on Thursday.
The Head of State announced during his trip on Wednesday that a "major national project" to replant the forest would be quickly launched.
He also mentioned the possibility of having more Canadair.
Since the start of the week, fires have broken out elsewhere in France, particularly in Finistère, where more than 1,700 hectares of moorland have been burned.
13 departments remain on heat wave orange alert, this Thursday, in the south-eastern quarter of France.
07:06
“We are at the stage just before the setting of the fire”
Asked about BFMTV, Commander Alexandre Joussart, spokesperson for Civil Security, believes that the firefighters are "at the stage just before fixing the fire" concerning the Gironde.
"There are 3 main steps left: finalize the fires by reducing the flames, in other words fixing these fires, then we will have to control the fires by drowning all the last hot spots, then we will go into the extinguished fire phase", he explains. .
The Parisian/Olivier Corsan
06:50
Assessment of burned areas in Europe
The forest fires that have raged in Europe in recent weeks have already affected more area than during the whole of 2021, according to the European specialized monitoring service.
In the 27 countries of the European Union, they have ravaged a total of 517,881 hectares since the beginning of the year.
Nearly 40,000 hectares burned in France over the period, compared to just over 30,000 for the whole of 2021, more than 190,000 hectares in Spain, compared to almost 85,000 in 2021, and more than 46,000 in Portugal compared to more than 25,000 in 2021.
PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP
06:45
Welcome to this live
Hello and welcome to this direct dedicated to the fires that broke out in several departments of France.
