Fires in Gironde: 10,500 hectares burned, the point this Sunday morning

Saturday, “significant land and air resources” were engaged, recalled the prefecture. Despite this, “the fires are not yet fixed”. In total, “more than 1,200 firefighters, 3 Canadairs and 2 Dash planes were mobilized”, a device which should be substantially the same this Sunday. In the morning, Gérard Larcher, the President of the Senate, is notably expected at the operational command post of La Teste-de-Buch at 8:30 a.m., then at that of Villandraut at 10:15 a.m. Here is the latest information available. Landiras fire. In a tweet published shortly after 7:30 a.m. this Sunday, the Gironde prefecture reports “7,100 hectares” burned in Landiras, or 100 hectares more than during the point made on Saturday evening. 1,900 people were evacuated on Saturday in Hostens, including 93 minors, bringing the total number of people evacuated since the start of the crisis to 4,100. No casualties were reported. Saturday evening, the prefecture recalled that the situation was “critical, with changing winds which are pushing the fire forward on different fronts”. Faced with this progression, “the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service has implemented a new strategy with the lighting of tactical fires and the creation of firewalls”, she added.