This is news that will warm the hearts of the more than 500 firefighters still involved.
The two main fires in Maine-et-Loire, which have ravaged more than 1,500 ha mainly in the forests since Monday, are now fixed, we learned Thursday morning from the department's firefighters.
The fire located around Baugé-sur-Anjou, which ravaged the Pugle forest, “has been fixed since 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, with 1,400 ha burned.
We are still defending sensitive points on 22 sites because they are located in the burned areas.
We have many covers, some of which are not natural, ”regrets the Codis.
"We are very, very vigilant: on the threatened surface, we are at 200 ha and this afternoon we have not good weather conditions with heat, wind and very low humidity", added the Codis.
In Beaulieu-sur-Layon, south of Angers in the Layon wine region, the fire is also fixed and 150 ha have been burned.
“The fire requires vigilance since, there too, we have unnatural occasions”, according to Codis.
More than 500 firefighters, many of whom came from other departments, are still present on these two disasters.
In all, more than 40,000 ha have burned this year in France according to the government, or rather 50,000 ha according to European satellite data: in any case, this is several times the annual average of the previous 15 years, as in Spain, while summer is not over.
And the rain is not expected before Sunday.