The forest fires they return to devastate the south-west of France. Since Tuesday, the fire in Landiras has been reactivated and burned 6,000 hectares in the Hostens sector, destroying in its path sixteen houses and almost forcing 6,000 people to be evacuated.
France, like the rest of Europe, is facing extreme heat waves with temperatures above 40 degrees and droughts that have caused multiple forest fires across the continent in the last two months.
The Gironde authorities have announced in a statement that “the fire front is heading towards the A63 (motorway in the direction of Bayonne-Bordeaux)“And that for the moment circulation has not been cut off but it has been decided”reduce the speed limit to 90km/hy a reduction to two traffic lanes”. Even so, they have warned that depending on the evolution of the fire “a cut of the highway is expected”.
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They have also reported that 500 firefighters They work on the ground to fight the fire, supported by Canadair and Dash helicopters. In addition, they have indicated that it has been deployed military personnel to help extinguish the flames and secure the area.
The Gironde, in southwestern France, was affected in July by two forest fires that destroyed more than 20,000 hectares of forest and caused the evacuation of nearly 40,000 people.
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During this Tuesday there were also fires in other areas of the country, one of them in the southern departments of Lozère and Aveyron, where they have already burned near 600 hectares and to which the Minister of the Interior is expected to attend, Gerald Darmannthroughout the day.
Another fire is active in Maine et Loire, in the west of France, where 650 hectares have been burned and 500 are threatenedaccording to local authorities.
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