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In Finistère, an early fire destroys five hectares of vegetation

2023-06-08T12:21:56.904Z

Highlights: A fire destroyed about five hectares of vegetation in a fir forest of Saint-Goazec (Finistère) The origin of the fire remains undetermined and the gendarmerie has been seized. Four forest fire intervention groups (GIFF) spent the night on site to fight against possible revivals. "We have already had several large fires but so early it is still weird," says Jean-Pierre Legris, deputy mayor in charge of security in the town of Quimper.


The origin of the fire remains undetermined and the gendarmerie has been seized. The "forest weather" service predicted only a "low" risk in the department.


A fire, particularly early for the tip of Brittany, destroyed Wednesday evening about five hectares of vegetation in a fir forest of Saint-Goazec (Finistère) but was "controlled" Thursday morning, we learned from the prefecture.

The origin of the fire that affected this town near the mountains of Arrée, where more than 2000,<> hectares of moors had been ravaged by flames last summer, remains undetermined and the gendarmerie has been seized, said the prefecture of Finistère.

"Low" risk

The fire broke out late Wednesday afternoon "in a large fir grove", about 2 km from the village of Saint-Goazec, and no home was threatened, explained to AFP Jean-Pierre Legris, deputy mayor in charge of security. It "spread very quickly at the beginning especially because of an unfavorable wind and threatened 80 hectares of forest", which required the intervention of air means, explained the prefecture.

A water bomber helicopter from Bordeaux made eight drops to help firefighters deployed on the ground who had managed to control the flames on all sectors shortly after nightfall. Four forest fire intervention groups (GIFF) spent the night on site to fight against possible revivals.

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Firefighters were carrying out Thursday morning operations of "drowning", to prevent in particular that the peat present in the ground feeds a resumption of the flames, said Jean-Pierre Legris. According to him, wildfires are rare but not exceptional in this town, very wooded, and where "the vegetation is very dry" currently.

According to Météo-France records, there has been no precipitation in the Quimper area since May 15. "We have already had several large fires but so early it is still weird," says Jean-Pierre Legris. In March 2014, 30 hectares of brush had been destroyed, according to the firefighters of Finistère.

The "forest weather" service launched on June 1 to alert the population to the risk of fire starts only forecast a "low" risk in the department of Finistère for the day of Wednesday.

Source: lefigaro

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