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Haute-Corse: the fire which covered “450 hectares” on Monday is stable

2022-08-02T06:41:27.341Z


Thanks to "very favorable" weather conditions, in particular temperatures which have dropped, the fire stabilized on Tuesday morning, with still "a few hot spots".


A fire, which covered "

450 hectares

" of maquis on Monday in the town of Santo-Pietro-di-Tenda in Haute-Corse without threatening habitation, was "

stable

" Tuesday morning August 2 with "

a few hot spots

", a fire department spokesman told AFP.

This fire had covered Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. an area "

of 450 hectares

" in this town of Haute-Corse located about twenty kilometers from Saint-Florent, a seaside village very popular with tourists in the summer period.

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"

The particularity of this fire is that it is completely inaccessible to land means, in a steep geographical area where there is no activity other than a little hiking

", added the officer, specifying that no "

habitation or exploitation

" was threatened.

We cannot say that the fire is fixed but the two edges are in clear regression

”, indicated Monday evening Lieutenant-Colonel Thierry Nutti, duty officer of the Departmental Fire and Rescue Operational Center (Codis), after 56 drops from engaged helicopters, 60 from Pelican-type water bombers and six drops of retardant.

Night “rather calm”

After a “ rather calm

” night of surveillance with “

very favorable

” weather conditions

, in particular temperatures which fell to 20-22 degrees Celsius and a humidity rate of more than 50%, the fire was “

stable

” Tuesday morning. “, with the presence”

of a few hot spots visible from the village of Santo-Pietro-di-Tenda

“but the”

maintenance of the edges

“in the state of Monday evening, he specified to AFP.

Aerial reconnaissance was planned before the deployment in the area of ​​the helicopter intervention detachment (Dih) of the civil security of Brignoles (Var), specialized in work in difficult to access areas, which came as reinforcements with three helicopters.

A fourth water bomber helicopter from the Corsican rescue service will also be active to hoist "

the forest fire commando of firefighters and foresters-sappers

" on the ground with the aim of "

treating all the edges and avoiding any resumption of fire

”.

A machine equipped with tank-type tracks will also attempt to "

create land access

" to get as close as possible to the fire.

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A total of 70 people will be engaged in the field for a "

long-term job " which will begin with "

fairly good

" weather conditions

until 11:00 a.m.

On Saturday, several forests in Haute-Corse were closed due to a severe risk of fire and the affected area was considered "

dangerous

" for this risk, the authorities inviting people not to go there.

Source: lefigaro

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