US Edition"The Flames Were 10 Meters": Near Marseilles, Locals Surprised in the Middle of the Night by a Major Fire
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A forest fire broke out during the night of Friday to Saturday on the very touristic blue coast, about fifteen kilometers from Marseille. The fire went through a hundred hectares of massif without causing any injury before being "stabilised". Several residents had to be evacuated. - "The flames were 10 meters": near Marseille, people surprised in the middle of the night by a large fire (Environment).
The fire, which was declared at about 3.30 a.m. in a hilly massif which is particularly difficult to access in the commune of Rove, "is no longer progressing", specified the fire department.
Approximately 350 firefighters are mobilized to extinguish the fire born in the night of Friday to Saturday 5 July, which covered 100 hectares of brush and forest.
The forest fire was declared in the night of Friday to Saturday on a massif of the commune of Rove. Nearly 350 firefighters were mobilized on the spot, supported by aerial means.
According to the firefighters, this was the "first fire of the season" in the department still in a hot orange alert since June 27.
With the heat wave, drought and mistral announced at the end of the week, the level of fire risk reaches a critical threshold in the Bouches-du-Rhône. Thirteen massive forest forests are prohibited from access this Friday, July 4, and work at risk is framed or prohibited according to the areas.
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