Current Fires in Saint-Florent and Oletta, at Least 175 Hectares Burned

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A fire broke out at the end of the morning, on Sunday 5 October, in the commune of Saint-Florent. The flames were stirred up by the wind, and at around 12.30 p.m., a second fire started in Oletta. A large device is being mobilised to control the two sinisters.

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Smoke from a forest fire rising behind homes in Haute-Corse (Symbolic image) (Photo by PASCAL POCHARD-CASABIANCA/AFP via Getty Images) Getty Images Two forest fires are ravaging Haute-Corse this Sunday in the micro-region of Nebbiu. The fires are affecting the municipalities of Saint-Florent and Oletta, mobilizing considerable resources to fight the flames. The first fire broke out shortly after 10 a.m. in the place called Fromentica, in the wes…

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The Nebbiu continues to burn. The first fire was declared at the end of the morning in the commune of Saint-Florent, at the place called Fromentica, before spreading to the plain of the Aliso, on the neighbouring commune of Oletta. The second sinister was triggered at the beginning of the afternoon in the area of Padula Lake, also in Oletta. According to the first estimates, the area covered by the flames would be between 100 and 150 hectares fo…