“All the inhabitants evacuated” in a preventive way in this commune are now “authorized to regain their home”, said the prefecture.
Le Monde with AFP
The fire which has ravaged 7,000 hectares of forest since July 12 at La Teste-de-Buch, in the Arcachon basin, is “now fixed”, that is to say that it does not Progress more, the Gironde prefecture said on Saturday July 23. After eleven days of fighting against the flames, “all the inhabitants evacuated” preventively in this town are now “authorized to regain their homes, with the support of the national police”, added the prefecture in a press release .
The other fire that broke out the same day in Gironde, in the Landiras sector, and which burned 13,800 hectares of forest, is “not yet fixed”, “due to the risks of Topped, “said the prefecture. This fire is always considered “content”. “Thirty households remaining active, monitoring of the massif, the processing of the edges and the reversals of fire as well as the civil engineering works continue,” explained the prefecture.
no victim
In this sector of Landiras, a little less than a third of those evacuated preventively have not yet been able to reintegrate their housing but “the authorities continue to study sector by sector the possibilities of reintegration for these people”.
Despite the magnitude of these two fires (20,800 hectares burned, more than 36,000 people evacuated), no victim is to be deplored. Significant land and air resources – two Canada and two Forest fire attack helicopters – remain mobilized, according to the prefecture.