Paris: Firefighters have managed to stop the ‘monster’ fire from spreading to the southwest FranceAllows officials to reopen a section of highway to traffic ahead of the busy travel weekend.
“The fire did not start overnight due to vital means,” the local head said in a tweet on Saturday.
Local firefighters from across Europe received help from across Europe to control a fire that engulfed the forests of France’s Gironde region on Tuesday, forcing 10,000 people to evacuate their homes. The fire is caused by wind and scorching temperatures up to 40 Celsius (104.) fahrenheit) in the recent past.
The southwest of France had already been hit by fires in July, which destroyed more than 20,000 hectares of forest and temporarily forced nearly 40,000 people from their homes.
Persistent heatwaves have sparked wildfires across Europe this summer, highlighting the risks of climate change to industry and livelihoods.
A storm is expected to hit France on Saturday night, bringing down temperatures and severe weather warnings.
More than a thousand French firefighters were supported by trucks and waterbombing aircraft, along with hundreds of firefighters from across Europe, which continued on Saturday.
Hundreds of firefighters are also fighting fires to the north in Brittany, where a fire has burned 400 hectares, as well as in the Jura region to the east, where more than 500 hectares have been burned.
So far this year, more than 60,000 hectares (230 sq mi) of fires have been engulfed in France, six times the average for the full year 2006-2021. European Forest Fire Information System shows.
“The fire did not start overnight due to vital means,” the local head said in a tweet on Saturday.
Local firefighters from across Europe received help from across Europe to control a fire that engulfed the forests of France’s Gironde region on Tuesday, forcing 10,000 people to evacuate their homes. The fire is caused by wind and scorching temperatures up to 40 Celsius (104.) fahrenheit) in the recent past.
The southwest of France had already been hit by fires in July, which destroyed more than 20,000 hectares of forest and temporarily forced nearly 40,000 people from their homes.
Persistent heatwaves have sparked wildfires across Europe this summer, highlighting the risks of climate change to industry and livelihoods.
A storm is expected to hit France on Saturday night, bringing down temperatures and severe weather warnings.
More than a thousand French firefighters were supported by trucks and waterbombing aircraft, along with hundreds of firefighters from across Europe, which continued on Saturday.
Hundreds of firefighters are also fighting fires to the north in Brittany, where a fire has burned 400 hectares, as well as in the Jura region to the east, where more than 500 hectares have been burned.
So far this year, more than 60,000 hectares (230 sq mi) of fires have been engulfed in France, six times the average for the full year 2006-2021. European Forest Fire Information System shows.