They are perhaps hundreds or even thousands of train passengers trying to reach Bordeaux, then Paris, to worry about the rest of their journey.
Indeed, TER and TGV train traffic was interrupted south of Bordeaux on Tuesday due to a fire which broke out in the middle of the afternoon near Dax, in the Landes, we learned. with the SNCF.
🔥🌳 2 #Canadair and 1 #Dash are currently working in support of @SDIS40 on a #FeuDeForêt in Laluque (Landes).
A reinforcement column from the West zone made up of 80 firefighters is also engaged.
⚠️ Avoid sector
ℹ️ Follow account @Prefecture40 pic.twitter.com/Yc7qtlb0Ua
– Civil Security (@SecCivileFrance) August 2, 2022
"All trains have been interrupted for 15 hours on the Bordeaux Hendaye and Bordeaux-Dax-Tarbes lines", after a fire near the tracks in Laluque, in the south of the Landes, according to a spokesperson for the SNCF.
Very worried passengers
The company was not able at the end of the afternoon to give an estimate on the time of resumption of traffic and invited travelers to postpone their trips on this line.
“Given the fire raging in Morcenx, north of Dax, traffic will not be able to resume according to the firefighters”, even wrote on Twitter the SNCF, shortly before 7 p.m.
Unfortunately, the current situation does not allow us to know if traffic will be able to resume.
If the trains can leave, there will not necessarily be the need to stay in Bayonne.
Station staff will keep you informed as the fire progresses.
– TER NVELLE-AQUITAINE (@TERNouvelleAQ) August 2, 2022
On social networks, messages from worried travelers have multiplied.
"Aren't you ashamed of not providing any emergency solution for the train going to Bayonne?"
So I find myself in Bordeaux without a solution?
And a bus is an option?
asks Andrea.
“Soon the 3 hours (waiting, editor's note) and still blocked in Dax… I don't think I'm going to return to Paris this evening…”, exasperated another user.
“My son is on the TGV arriving at Bayonne at 6:13 p.m. and he doesn't have a cell phone.
According to the latest communication, he is diverted to Toulouse.
Do you have any info ?
“, worries a mother.
“Our train 8541 will return from Morcenx to Bordeaux.
Are you going to pay for a guest room for tonight?
Thanks !
“, begs Ella from TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Hello Thomas, as updated on this tweet, the Bordeaux ↔ Mont de Marsan traffic has been restored, since the fire in Laluque does not prevent trains from running safely on this line.
– TER NVELLE-AQUITAINE (@TERNouvelleAQ) August 2, 2022
According to a situation report at 5.30 p.m., the fire had destroyed 30 ha of pines and mobilized two Canadair, a Dash plane, nearly 170 firefighters and a dozen gendarmes, according to the Landes prefecture which announced the passage of the department in red vigilance (level 4 out of 5) for the risk of fire from Wednesday midnight.
Another fire had been fixed in the morning after having traveled since Sunday 300 ha in the pine forest in the extreme north of the department, on the border with the Gironde, also placed in red vigilance for the risk of fires.