In Porge, the Quest for "Just Compensation" for the Victims of the Megafire
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While waiting to be able to find more permanent rentals for the inhabitants whose lives have changed since the fire, some 30 mobile homes have been made available by the girondine commune. The campsite could remain open all winter.
In the Porge, the victims of the megafire are fighting with their assurances to obtain fair compensation. Between feeling of neglect and disputed expertise, the reconstruction promises to be complex.
"There, they are nice, they answer our questions... But in six months, when the media pressure will fall back, won't they bring us back a little paragraph that we hadn't seen?", continues Yves Brugieregarde, a retired former soldier, who lost his house in the Porge. In this commune of 3,500 inhabitants, 183 houses burned - out of the 240 in total - in the huge fire at the end of July that covered 42,000 hectares and led to the evacuation of 220,…
Houses destroyed, lost landmarks, uncertain compensations. In the Porge, the inhabitants are trying to rebuild their lives by facing expertises... Read more The megafire extinguished, the victims of Gironde face their insurers first appeared on Le Singulier.
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