A fire that broke out yesterday in the forest of Pugle (in the French department of Maine-et-Loire) has already reduced to ashes about 600 hectares. Another 500 hectares are under threat, the fire service said.
As many as 317 men and 107 vehicles are deployed in about twenty sensitive places. The firefighters come from nine different departments. “They will once again resort to aerial resources,” it said. Some farmers have offered help by supplying water with ‘tank tractors’.
About twenty people were evacuated. Most of them lived in a center for people with disabilities.
Landiras
More to the south, in the department of Gironde, at least 320 hectares of pine forests have also been reduced to ashes. In July there were already several large forest fires near Landiras. Now the fire is raging again, according to the fire brigade and the mayor of the village of Hostens.
In a tweet, the prefecture of Gironde said: “Due to adverse weather conditions, fires have been reported again near Landiras in the communes of Cabanac, Hostens and Saint-Magne.” 1,300 people were also evacuated as a result of the fire.
In July, the fire already destroyed more than 14,000 hectares of forest in Landiras. The fire is still not under control.
“Several fires were reactivated in the early afternoon, during the hottest part of the day,” said the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis), describing a “quite rapid fire” and a “rather unfavorable” situation due to the hot weather. southeast wind.
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