Nearly 40,000 Hectares Burned in France Since Start of 2026: Interior Minister
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As a result of the heat and drought in France, almost 40,000 hectares of forests and vegetation have been burned since the beginning of the year.
Firefighters fought fire on several fronts on Monday, July 20th. Since the beginning of 2026, fires have already ravaged nearly 40,000 hectares in France. A higher figure than they did last year.
Paris, 20 Jul (EFE).- The French government raised to a little less than 40,000 hectares the area calcined since the beginning of the year, a "quite higher" figure than 2025 in the same period, and announced that, so far, 111 people suspected of being involved in forest fires have been arrested. "This week that begins has a huge risk for the south-west and the south-east", warned in statements the Minister of the Interior of France, Laurent Nuñe…
"We are just under 40,000 hectares that have been burned, forests or vegetation, which is obviously much more than anything that was burned last year and at the same time in 2022 which was already an exceptional season" in terms of fires, said the minister on France Inter. On Sunday, several fires were declared, notably in Trignac, in the Loire-Atlantique where "six houses were burned, the fire covered about twenty hectares in peri-urban areas w…
Forest fires continue to ravage France, with nearly 40,000 hectares already destroyed since January. Faced with this exceptional situation, the state is mobilizing new means, including a military plane...
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