A hundred firefighters remain mobilized during the night from Sunday to Monday to avoid the resumption of flames fled by strong gusts of wind. The department faces a premature episode of drought due to a chronic lack of precipitation.
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More than 60 hectares of vegetation were destroyed in Torreilles (Pyrénées-Orientales) by a fire that the firefighters managed to fix in the evening, Sunday 5 February.
The fire, which broke out shortly after 3 p.m. near a departmental, switched to the neighboring town of Sainte-Marie-la-Mer, said the France-Presse (AFP ), firefighters from the department.
As a precaution, seven people were put in safety while the flames threatened the Mas Pagnon in Toreilles, the municipal campsite of the beach and a campsite in Sainte-Marie-la-Mer, explains a press release published by the firefighters of the firefighters Department at 11:30 p.m.
According to the latter, “170 firefighters were mobilized at the height of the intervention for some 60 wrestling vehicles”. An intervention group of forest fires from the neighboring department of Aude came in reinforcement, as well as a “team specializing in tactical fire”. Seven firefighters were “slightly injured” and taken care of, it is specified.
Intervention in progress on a vegetation fire in the town of Torreilles.
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The fire has been fixed around 9:10 p.m. A hundred firefighters remain mobilized during the night to “treat the disaster and anticipate any risk of fire recovery because the wind remains important”.
An investigation will be opened to determine the causes, announced the gendarmerie.
premature drought episode
This fire follows the first scale of the season, which broke out on Saturday in the Bouches-du-Rhône and ravaged 110 hectares of vegetation within the Alpilles Natural Park.
The Pyrénées-Orientales face a premature episode of drought at the start of the year due to a chronic lack of precipitation. This drought, combined with episodes of tramontane, creates a favorable field for fires.