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.