US EditionAude. Twenty-Three Days After the First Flames, the Fire of the Corbières Massif Is Extinguished
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They are taxi drivers, computer scientists, artisans and students. Eight out of ten firefighters in France are volunteers. In the Aude, on August 5, when the fire ravaged the Corbières, they were the ones who held the front line. Hervé, veteran of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, and Marine, daughter of Lagrasse, tell the night when their territory vacated. Discover the second part of our series "Face à l ́ogre des Corbières".
The fire started on 5 August in Ribaute. It covered 17,000 hectares, destroyed 36 houses and caused the death of a 65-year-old woman.
The sinister was declared in early August in the Corbières Massif. It is now extinct, announced this Thursday the prefecture of Aude.
After three weeks of intense struggle and 17,000 hectares of smoke, the fire that ravaged the department of Aude is officially extinguished.
Destroying 17,000 hectares in the Corbières Mountains, this fire is the largest in the Mediterranean region in half a century.
The megafire that covered 17,000 hectares had been declared "controlled" since 10 August, destroyed 36 houses and killed one.
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