Pas-De-Calais: Fires Still Not Fixed, Three Firefighters Slightly Injured
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Several fires have occurred on the Dunes du Mont-Saint-Frieux site, in the commune of Dannes in Pas-de-Calais, this Wednesday, August 12. Smoke was visible since Le Touquet. 180 hectares have been burned, operations are still under way, 260 people remain deployed this Thursday...
The intervention of air assets, including a Dash water bomber aircraft on Thursday and two helicopters carrying water since the previous day, "has made significant progress in the control of fires", according to the prefecture. The area covered by the flames is still estimated at 180 hectares and a house has been destroyed, a balance unchanged since Wednesday evening. Three firefighters were slightly injured during the operations but no other wo…
Fire starts were reported on Wednesday early in the afternoon in coastal dunes in the communes of Neufchâtel-Hardelot and Dannes, close to a forested area. On Wednesday evening, the prefecture estimated the area burned at 180 hectares.
The forest fires between Neufchâtel-Hardelot and Dannes (Pas-de-Calais) are still not fixed. The firefighters of the Pas-de-Calais continue their operations on Thursday 13 August. 180 hectares have already burned and a house destroyed. The forest massifs of Camiers, Dannes and Neufchâtel-Hardelot are forbidden access.
Since Wednesday, the dunes of the coast of Pas-de-Calais burn. The firefighters have managed to contain the fire, but nothing is won. The article Fire of dunes in the Pas-de-Calais, the fire is contained but still alive appeared first on Le Singulier.
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