New evacuations were in progress Sunday evening in Gironde (south-west of France) in front of the advance of the fire which resumed its mad race, making the work of the firefighters “extremely difficult“, six days after the start of these gigantic fires that ravaged more than 11,000 hectares of vegetation.
In the Landiras sector, the “authorities are evacuating the inhabitants of the town of Cabanac (i.e.) 2,100 people“, writes the prefecture on Twitter.
According to the firefighters, these new preventive evacuations lead to “16.200” the number of residents and vacationers who have had to pack their bags urgently since Tuesday.
Temperature, wind, humidity: all parameters are the worst possible
In the Teste-de-Buch, “the situation is deteriorating. The fire has reached the sea and is heading south“, continues in a second tweet the prefecture, which calls to be “extremely careful“.
On social networks, Internet users have published photos and videos, taken from the sea of this immense blaze “30 meters high” devouring the beach of the Lagoon, south of the Dune du Pilat.
“Large resources are being deployed in the sector. However, the fire should not reach the Landes department, Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Mendousse, because the wind should turn towards the west and the north.“, told AFP.
The next few hours are shaping up like “the most difficult” that the firefighters will have to face since the start of the fires.
“The fire is very, very virulent. Weather conditions are extreme: temperature, wind, humidity: all parameters are the worst possible“, underlined the spokesperson for the fire brigade, saying to himself”pessimistic“.