South Aveyron: 380 hectares destroyed in the Comprégnac fire, the fire is not fixed but the evolution is – Midi Libre

This Sunday, June 19, for the third day, the firefighters of Aveyron reinforced by several departments of the South of France, are still engaged on the fire of Comprégnac. While more than 200 firefighters are still mobilized on the Comprégnac fire this Sunday, June 19 morning, after having fought a second night in the town of Comprégnac and further north in Castelnau-Pégayrols, the intervention is still in progress. . The fire is still not fixed at this time but the situation is evolving favorably. To read also: South-Aveyron: more than 200 ha of vegetation have already been destroyed on the fire of Comprégnac Committed for the third day “The only uncertainty remains the wind. Today, it is strengthening again. It should blow between 60 and 70 km / h. In addition, it is a South-East wind, which is not a good orientation for us in relation to our fire”, explains this Sunday morning the commander William Buchet, the chief the Millau rescue center and the South Aveyron group. This risks continuing to handicap the work of the relief workers who are entering their third day of struggle. A sad sight to see these landscapes blackened and burned. FREE MIDI – THEO COSTECALDE “A big fight on Navas” The fire covered 380 ha. And for good reason, on Saturday afternoon, the situation again generated on the spot when the fire had been almost fixed around noon”. But the heat and the wind blowing more and more strongly rekindled hot spots. If although in the middle of the day, the situation became critical on the hamlet of Navas. “We fought a big fight on Navas. It was almost heroic”. 230 men on site “We received reinforcements from Hérault and Bouches-du-Rhône during the night.” Currently, 230 firefighters are mobilized. “The work carried out allows the situation to progress favorably this Sunday morning”. In the next few hours, “the priority will be to flood the entire perimeter of the fire, on the right and left edges and the front of the fire. The whole area will remain under close surveillance”, indicates Commander Buchet. “We will have to remain vigilant on the wind which is increasing”. To read also: Fire of Comprégnac: “We had prepared our suitcases”, the fire increased to 50 m from their homes Water cisterns Since the beginning of the events, an immense chain of solidarity has been set up around the firefighters.In the field, farmers and construction professionals have organized themselves to transport cisterns water, especially in the Navas sector in order to be able to resupply the firefighters with water who badly need it. “They lent us a hand in a remarkable way”, greets William Buchet this Sunday morning. They supplied us with water because it’s an area where there aren’t any. They provided us with tanks, they always managed so that we could supply our trucks and that we didn’t find ourselves out of stock”. In addition, farmers used harrows when the fire passed through the fields, which made it possible to make firebreaks. Tanker trucks and mixer trucks are mobilized. Photo – FIONA RAFFALI Leaving from the hamlet of Les Douzes Leaving from the hamlet of Les Douzes on Friday afternoon June 15, the disaster had already succeeded in destroying more than 200 hectares of vegetation on Saturday evening. To read also: Fire of Comprégnac: “We will be on this fire for several days”, announces the boss of the firefighters of Aveyron