Weather France will place on Saturday three departments of Occitanie – the Gard, the Hérault and the Aude – in orange vigilance in the face of a high risk of forest fires. This alert occurs while peaks at 36 °C are expected...
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Read the full article on stephaneLarue.com The heatwave of this Saturday 13 June 2026 triggered a series of simultaneous fires in France. In Porto-Vecchio, South Corsica, several dozen hectares burned in the maquis, mobilizing firefighters and canadairs since Nîmes. Fires also broke out in Vienna, Var and Hérault. Ten departments will remain in orange vigilance this Sunday.
Weather France will place on Saturday three departments of Occitanie – the Gard, the Hérault and the Aude – in orange vigilance in the face of a high risk of forest fires. This alert occurs while peaks at 36 °C are expected...