Fires in Gironde: "95 % of Fire Starts Are of Human Origin", the Passage in Red Forest Fire Alert Attempts to Contain an Extreme Risk
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To debate the extent of the means deployed in the face of the violence of fires is no longer sufficient, it is urgent to adopt structural changes to avoid living in the permanent fear that these traumatic events will occur again.
The fire, which covered more than 2,000 hectares, caused the emergency evacuation of nearly 12,000 people in this area of the Landes de Gascogne forest, which had already been ravaged by flames in 2022.
The fire, which was allegedly triggered by a cleaning device on a forest track, is raging in the Arcachon Basin. A total of 20,000 people were evacuated, the vast majority of whom were "preventive".
As the weather remained "unfavorable", Gironde's prefect asked the population to comply with evacuation instructions.
On Wednesday 22 July, just before midnight, the Gironde prefect requested the partial evacuation of Lège-Cap-Ferret in the face of the fulcruming progression of the Saumos fire.
A Canadair and three Dash are supporting nearly 500 firefighters on the ground. The fire, which is still out of control, continues to run. At present, 600 hectares of pine trees have already gone in smoke. The firefighter declared himself this Wednesday at noon in the town of Saumos, 15 kilometres from Lacanau, and is said to be the result of a grinding mill cleaning a forest track. He is now threatening the commune of Porge, further south. 600 …
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