France: L'incendie Dans Les Landes a Grimpé À 1100 Hectares ...
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Paris, 14 Aug (EFE).- The fire progressed "a little" this Friday in the French Landes department and until mid-afternoon it had burned 1,300 hectares, compared to the 1,100 counted until the first hour of the morning, announced the prefect, Gilles Clavreul. In a brief appearance before the media, the government delegate in this department of southwestern France was moderately optimistic because the weather conditions were evolving more favourabl…
The editorial of "Liberation" summarizes the main news of the day of Friday, 14 August.
Hundreds evacuated as French wildfires spread
Flames are threatening homes in the southwestern department of Landes More than 500 people have been evacuated in the southwestern French department of Landes as wildfires continue to spread and threaten nearby communities. Prefect Gilles Clavreul ordered an expansion of the evacuation zone after the blaze grew to cover around 1,100 hectares, or roughly 2,700...
A fire broke out on Thursday 13 August in the Landes forest and has already covered more than 1,100 hectares. This huge forested area, partly made up of pine trees, is increasingly vulnerable to fires as heat waves continue. - Fires: in the Landes, the vulnerability of the forest exacerbated by heat waves (Environment).
In total, 525 inhabitants of the area have been moved to the neighbouring communes and, for the time being, no housing has been destroyed. The fire, whose origin remains to be determined, "is restrained", thanks to the drop in night temperatures and a damper air, the head of Sdis 40 told the press.
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