16:07
Red heat wave vigilance for 15 departments
In its 4 p.m. bulletin, Météo France placed 15 departments on red vigilance and 51 on orange vigilance. Here are the departments on red alert: Finistère, Morbihan, Ille-et-Vilaine, Côtes-d’Armor, Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Vendée, Deux-Sèvres, Charente-Maritime, Charente, Gironde, Dordogne, Lot -et-Garonne, Landes and Gers. 51 departments are on heatwave orange vigilance.
Only Southern Corsica is in green.
16:00
The next 48 hours will be “very important”
“The next 48 hours are going to be very important. We will be confronted tomorrow with the cumulative effect of high temperatures and an upsurge in the wind in the evening”, warned Marc Vermeulen, departmental director of SDIS 33, during an exchange with Gérard Larcher, president of the Senate, at Villandraut, reports a journalist from Sud-Ouest.
15:48
About thirty people have chosen to stay in Hostens
In Hostens, preventively evacuated on Saturday, “only scraps of life are visible this Sunday morning, ”reports a journalist from Sud-Ouest. “In the town, he says, which has 1,500 inhabitants, only 36 people, according to the mayor, have chosen to stay. »
15:36
“A breath of exceptionally warm air”
“A puff of exceptionally warm air is sweeping the country from the Bay of Biscay to the North Sea between today and Tuesday”, indicated Météo France, which forecasts “exceptional heat” and “sustained wind on the Atlantic arc tomorrow and the following night before a sharp refreshment on Tuesday”.
14:50
Forbidden forests in Deux-Sèvres
To limit the risk of fire, access to the Aulnay and Chizé forests is prohibited in the Deux-Sèvres department.
14:40
Fire in the English Channel
france blue reports that a fire has taken place in the English Channel in the moors of La Hague. 3 hectares were burned, but one house was protected. About fifteen rescue centers in the department and Calvados intervened.
14:30
Improvement on the A8
A rapid intervention by the firefighters means that the fire no longer progresses near the A8, in the Var. Travel time is extended by approximately 5 minutes.
14:20
Photos “to build memory”
The Firefighters Federation relays photos taken by one of its own. Beautiful but terrible, they are made “in order to build the memory of tomorrow”.
14:10
Traffic light on the side of the highway
A wildfire disrupts traffic on the A8 motorway towards Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) near Brignolles (Var).
14:00
No tobacco or barbecue
While the conditions are conducive to the development of a fire, the prefecture of Var recalls some cautionary instructions: “No fire or barbecue, no cigarette butts thrown out of the car window, no work sources of sparks”.
13:50
Fire fixed in the Bouches-du-Rhône
In the Bouches-du-Rhône, the fire in the Montagnette massif, south of Avignon, is fixed. He covered nearly 1,500 hectares and mobilized 400 firefighters. Several small outbreaks of fire remain, however, caused by the wind that picked up last night.
13:40
Priority to rescue populations
In Landiras, the situation remains “very unfavorable”. The authorities say that the priority is “to protect the population, preserve sensitive points and limit the spread of the fire”.
13:30
“Unfavorable” situation and “firewall” in La Teste-de-Buch
The prefecture of Gironde, in his position established at midday, explains that the situation remains “unfavorable” in La Teste-de-Buch. “The emergency services are concentrating their efforts on the front of the fire, in particular thanks to the construction of an additional firewall. »
13:11
In Portugal, the calm hoping for no storm
This Sunday, a single large focus, near the town of Chaves in the far north of the country, is considered active and “virtually under control” over 90% of its perimeter according to Portuguese civil protection. For the first time since July 8, temperatures in Portugal should not exceed the 40° mark.
But almost all of the Portuguese territory still presents a “maximum”, “very high” or “high” risk to fires, in particular the regions of the central and northern interior.
According to the latest known report from Portuguese civil protection, the fires of the past week have left two dead and around sixty injured. According to his estimates, these fires ravaged between 12,000 and 15,000 hectares of forest and brush.
13:05
What are “tactical lights”
Arsonist firefighter, the expression makes professionals jump, and yet! To put out fires, firefighters first learn how to light them, so they can control them. This is how they developed the know-how of tactical fires, implemented in Gironde in recent days. They consist of deliberately setting fire to certain plots very precisely chosen according to the winds and the progression of the flames to be contained, in order, literally, to cut the grass from under their feet and deprive them of fuel.
Only specially trained executives are authorized to light these tactical fires.
12:55
Reinforcement columns arrive
Last night, “nearly 150 firefighters from the North and East (Bas-Rhin, Haute-Marne, Saône-et-Loire, etc.) and 43 vehicles were ready to leave”, explained to the Parisian Charles Cosse, representative of the Unsa union for Gironde firefighters. The “columns of reinforcements”, organized on a voluntary basis, are expected by the firefighters in Gironde to take a little rest.
12:45
How many animals killed?
During the great fires in Australia, many people around the world were concerned regarding the disappearance many koalas, killed or deprived of their habitat. Funds had been sent from around the world to support the clinics that collected and cared for them. The Landes pine forest is rich in deer and roe deer, European badgers, hares, woodcocks that must flee the flames, the heat, find water points and new feeding areas.
12:30
Four injured so far
If thousands of people had to be evacuated, and that 1200 firefighters are mobilized, there were no injuries. Until Saturday evening, when the Gironde prefecture announced that four firefighters had been slightly injured. Two vehicles were also damaged: one burned, the other overturned.
12:00
Fire fixed in Charente-Maritime
In Clérac (Charente-Maritime), the fire which started on Saturday is fixed. According to South West, the flames have not progressed since last night, around 3 am. Fifteen hectares burned and a firefighter was slightly injured.
11:40
Multiple outbreaks of fire in the West
France 3 reports that ten fire starts were recorded in Les Sables-d’Olonne, in Vendée, on Saturday. Two cabins and a mobile home were destroyed. Hundreds of firefighters were mobilised. “Artificial entertainment” would be involved, according to the prefecture.
In Loire-Atlantique, 35 hectares of vegetation burned. 178 firefighters intervened; they protected several houses.
In Mayenne, Sarthe and Maine-et-Loire, several fire starts have been recorded.
11:20
Temperature records expected in Brittany
From this Sunday and even more so on Monday, temperature records should be broken by several degrees in Brittany. In Lannion (Côtes-d’Armor), 41°C might be reached, ie… 5°C more than the previous record. The situation is completely unusual in a region used to being one of the coolest places in France during the summer. The Parisian takes stock in this article.
11:10
Dangerous situation in northwestern France
A combination of factors is creating a situation that might be conducive to the development of fires in the north-west of France tomorrow and Tuesday. In addition to the heat wave, the humidity is low, the drought pronounced and the wind should blow in gusts at more than 40 km / h.
10:48
A new assessment in Gironde
The prefecture announces that 3,400 hectares have burned in Teste-de-Buch and 7,200 hectares in Landiras (10,600 in all). Referring to the mobilization of “1,200 firefighters, 4 Canadairs, 2 Dash mobilized”, she adds that 10,000 people were evacuated to Teste-de-Buch and 4,100 to Landiras.
10:30
“Avoid congestion”
Alexandre Jouassard, head of communication at the Directorate General of Civil Security, recalls, on franceinfo, that one of the objectives “is to avoid congestion on the road network” so that there are no victims taken trapped in flames in cars, as was the case in 2017 au Portugal.
10:20
Fire partially contained in Landiras
In Landiras, the fire “is contained on the front left flank”, according to the prefecture of Gironde. “On the other hand, the situation remains unfavorable on the front right flank, where the fire is progressing between the D110 and the D115 with several homes being protected. »
