Fires in Gironde: more than 19,000 hectares burned, “a difficult night” according to the sub-prefect of Langon – France Bleu

No respite for firefighters in Gironde. After a grueling Monday with numerous fires, shifting winds and searing heat, the forests continue to burn on Tuesday. 19,370 hectares had been devoured by the flames at 9 a.m. on Tuesday morning. During the night of Monday to Tuesday, the authorities carried out new evacuations in La Teste. More than 16,000 people had already had to be evacuated on Monday alone, in La-Teste-de-Buch, in the Bassin d’Arcachon, as in Landiras and the surrounding towns, in South Gironde. The fumes arrived as far as the Bordeaux metropolis and even as far as the Dordogne this Tuesday morning. “There is no risk for the population” assure the firefighters who received a thousand calls overnight. It was very hot this Monday in Gironde and in particular up to 42.4°C in Cazaux according to Météo France, La Teste district. The Gironde has no longer been on heat wave red vigilance since Tuesday, but the department has been placed on yellow vigilance for thunderstorms. Most 19,370 hectares have burned since Tuesday July 12 (12,800 in South Gironde, 6,500 in La Teste, 70 in Vensac). On the night of Monday to Tuesday, the authorities evacuated the southern artisanal zone of La Teste-de-Buch 36,500 people have been evacuated since the start of the fires in Gironde, we summarize what to take in case of evacuation in this complete article The five campsites of the Dune du Pilat, including the emblematic Flots Bleus campsite, were 90% destroyed by the flames More than 2,000 firefighters as well as six Canadair and three Dash planes are mobilized according to the Gironde prefecture . A man was taken into police custody for the fire in Sud-Gironde The smoke from the fires covered the metropolis of Bordeaux The prefecture opens an information cell to the public: 0 800 009 763 (from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) Listen France Bleu Gironde to keep you informed of the situation on the fire front The roads closed to traffic are listed on the department’s website. The situation in La Teste-de-Buch According to a report released on Monday, 6,500 hectares have burned in the La Teste-de-Buch sector since the start of the fire on Tuesday 12 July. The fire was driven by an “unstable and rotating wind”. Monday evening, the 74 residents of the EHPAD du Pilat were being evacuated, the southern artisanal zone of La Teste, up to Avenue Gustave Eiffel, was evacuated overnight as a precaution, as was the La Forge. About 8,000 people were evacuated on Monday afternoon in the Les Miquelots district and at Pyla-sur-Mer in La Teste. Since the start of the fire, holidaymakers or residents, a total of 18,000 people have therefore been evacuated in this very touristic sector. Even the Bassin d’Arcachon zoo, located near the forest, had to evacuate its animals. It concerns a thousand animals. The elephants could not be moved, they were watched all night. The five campsites of the Dune du Pilat were 90% destroyed. Among the campsites affected, the Flots Bleus campsite made famous by the mythical film “Camping” with Franck Dubosc: “We had evacuated our holidaymakers, our employees, that was the most important thing. Today we take care a little more from us, we lost everything” testifies the boss Franck Couderc on France Bleu Gironde this Tuesday morning. “We had unfailing support from the people of La Teste and our own customers. And that, I think we will be grateful for for life. And also the police and the firefighters who were magnificent” continues- he. The cloud of smoke from the Teste from the Miquelots district © Radio France – Marc Bertrand “There is obviously a little anxiety when you are hit as close as possible” says this Tuesday morning on France Bleu Gironde Nathalie Delattre, senator of Gironde and resident of Cazaux, an evacuated district of La Teste “You never know how you will find your house, even if you know that everything is extremely well defended by the firefighters”. The situation in South Gironde “very unfavorable” About 8,200 people were evacuated during the day on Monday and evacuations were still in progress in the evening in the south of the department and, more precisely, in the municipalities of Villandraut, Noaillan, Leogats, Landiras, Budos and Balizac. Evacuees accommodated in Langon in improvised reception centers for the occasion. A college in the city has notably been reopened. “The evacuation of the Villandraut EHPAD took place in good conditions” specifies the prefecture. The total of evacuees amounts to more than 14,000 since the beginning of the crisis in this sector. We summarize what to bring in the event of an evacuation in this complete article. The fires have not stopped progressing since Tuesday, July 12. At 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning, 12,800 hectares had burned, an additional 800 hectares were destroyed overnight from Monday to Tuesday in Tuzan and Hostens. The night was very difficult” explained the sub-prefect of Langon Vincent Ferrier this Tuesday morning. Two houses have burned in Guillos since the start of the fire last Tuesday. The sub-prefect of Langon also announces The president of the Gironde departmental council flew over the South-Gironde area in particular: “It marked me, even capsized my heart” confides Jean-Luc Gleyze “The villages are surrounded by charred forests like Guillos. Observing this landscape of desolation, Jean-Luc Gleyze claims to have had a feeling of helplessness: “The firefighters are absolutely remarkable in their interventions. But we see that each time, this monster is unfolding and that the weather conditions will have to be really different so that we can probably manage to contain it”. On France Bleu Gironde, he also urged the State to station water bombers near the Landes de Gascogne to quickly put out the incipient fires.A new fire in VensacAt the end of the afternoon on Monday, a new fire broke out in Vensac, in the Médoc. 6 a.m. on Tuesday, it had burned 70 hectares. Some preventive evacuations have been carried out. This fire is not yet fixed. The smoke reaches Bordeaux The metropolis of Bordeaux woke up under a thick cloud of smoke on Tuesday morning , the smell of burning has invaded the sector.As the smoke arrives in Bordeaux, “for the first time, there are no longer these columns of smoke above the Dune of Pilat” explained this Tuesday morning on France Bleu Gironde the current journalist Ariane Massenet ment on the Bassin d’Arcachon. Bénédicte was inconvenienced this Tuesday morning by the fumes: “I was too hot. I wanted to open the open windows, I went back to sleep but I had to get up to close the windows because it was unbearable. at home. It stung my throat” she testifies on our antenna. Asked about these fumes on France Bleu Gironde, the mayor of Bordeaux Pierre Hurmic wants to reassure: “The fumes should not worry us, those we need to worry about is that the spread of fires which, at a time when we speak, are still not mastered”. The elected ecologist warns “the phenomena that we are experiencing today are precursors of events that will become more frequent and more intense in the future”. This Tuesday morning, the firefighters remind that “it is not necessary to call the firefighters. There is no risk for the population”. Gironde firefighters received several thousand calls because of these fumes. For its part, the Regional Health Agency, ensures that “the quality of the air in the departments concerned is subject to regular monitoring, which makes it possible to assess in particular the effects of possible exposure to irritating particles which emerge from it”. On the other hand, the agency lists a series of recommendations to avoid irritation: Limit the time spent outdoors, Restrict intense physical activities outdoors, Closely monitor people at risk. Smoke covers Bordeaux, here from the stone bridge © Radio France – Stéphanie Brossard This cloud of smoke has also reached the Dordogne as shown in this photo taken from Périgueux. The cloud of smoke reached the Dordogne, here in Périgueux © Radio France – Charlotte Jousserand A man in police custody A man was taken into police custody on Monday July 18 in the investigation into the Landiras fire, announced the Bordeaux parquet floor. He is suspected of having had a role in the start of this fire. The criminal track is privileged. A call to all firefighters in the department This Monday, the director of the SDIS launched a general appeal to all firefighters in the department, volunteers, professionals to come and lend a hand in the coming hours. The firefighters already on the fires are exhausted: “The men are tested. Having a fire that explodes every afternoon explodes, it’s trying. But the men, whether they come from Gironde or elsewhere , are totally committed”, specifies Marc Vermelen, the boss of the firefighters of Gironde. To display this Facebook content, you must accept Social Network cookies. These cookies allow you to share or react directly on the social networks to which you are connected or to integrate content originally posted on these social networks. They also allow social networks to use your visits to our sites and applications for the purposes of personalization and advertising targeting. I authorize Manage my choices