LIVE – Fires: 19,300 hectares burned in Gironde, several fires in other departments – BFMTV

12:57 Temperature record in the United Kingdom with 39.1 degrees Unpublished across the Channel. For the first time in UK history, a record temperature of 39.1 degrees has been recorded in the Surray region, local weather agencies report. 12:20 “We have decided to stop the season”, explains the director of a Pilat campsite affected by the fires No casualties to report but material damage. Five campsites in the Dune du Pilat area “have burned down to 90%”, said the prefect of Gironde, Fabienne Buccio, this Monday. Guest of BFMTV, Franck Couderc, director of the “camping de la dune” paid tribute to the firefighters who tried to protect his establishment. “It’s already beautiful what they have done” he confides, when he has not yet been able to return to his campsite to measure the extent of the damage. “We decided to stop the season” , he said to our microphone. “We will try to think about reconstruction,” he added. Buch, push the smoke to areas that were not directly affected by the fires. After Bordeaux or the Dordogne, the inhabitants of Corrèze also see the smoke arrive on Tuesday. In Brive-la-Gaillarde, the sky is very cloudy and the air is heavy. The local authorities thus recommend avoiding physical activities and advise fragile people to stay inside. 11:34 “Almost all animals” from the Arcachon Basin zoo “was saved” and “sent to the Bordeaux-Pessac zoo” “Almost all the animals were saved” from the Arcachon Basin zoo, announced the Ministry of Ecological Transition in a press release, stressing that “ten animals unfortunately did not survive the high heat and stress”. “All of the transportable animals, i.e. 363 animals, were transported by special convoys escorted by the forces of order to a security zone installed on the site of the Bordeaux-Pessac zoo located 65 kilometers from the zoo of the Bassin d’Arcachon”, writes the ministry. This zoo presented 850 listed animals and nearly a hundred species spread over 22 wooded hectares south of the town of La Teste-de-Buch, all scorched by a virulent fire.11:24 Fires in the Manche: the fire set in Vauville, recoveries near Herqueville The Manche department is also plagued by fires. Near La Hague, a fire broke out overnight from Sunday to Monday. Nearly 25 hectares of vegetation went up in smoke. According to our latest information, the fire was set on the heights of Vauville this Monday evening. However, this Tuesday morning, resumptions were spotted in the Herqueville fire area. This fire is being treated in an area difficult to access for staff, including 80 firefighters are mobilized. 11:09 A ” sharp drop in the risk of fires over the next 48 hours”, according to the Weather Channel, the peak of the heat wave is passing. There is a gradual drop in extreme temperatures from Tuesday in the west of the country. A wave of mildness which will then spread to the east. Added to this is a “switch from the dry and burning wind from the south-east sector to a wetter westerly wind” and the arrival of “thunderstorms and rains”, announces the Weather Channel. Consequently, all this leads to a “clear reduction in the risk of fires in the country over the next 48 hours”, according to the meteorological institute. 10:52 A fire in progress in Drôme, firefighters are still fighting This Monday, a virulent fire broke out in a forest in the town of Venterol, in the south of the Drôme department. 25 hectares of vegetation have already burned and the fire is not yet fixed on Tuesday. The sector is difficult to access for the 120 firefighters mobilized, while the fire is concentrated in the undergrowth. “Let’s be very careful with the temperatures which will rise”, explains the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service of the department. 10:27 This Monday was the 14th hottest day ever recorded in France, according to the thermal indicator of Météo-France Météo-France’s national thermal indicator reached 28°C, making it the 14th hottest day, according to this measurement tool. The national thermal indicator is “the average of daily measurements of the average air temperature in 30 meteorological stations distributed in a balanced way on the metropolitan territory”, explains the meteorological institute. The record is held by August 5, 2003 with 29.4°C. Météo-France also notes that “among the 20 hottest days, eight have taken place in the past four years”. declared this Monday at the end of the afternoon in the town of Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, in Ardèche. According to the prefecture this Tuesday morning, “the fire was fixed overnight”. In total, between 80 and 90 hectares of vegetation were affected. At the height of the fire, 150 firefighters were mobilized to contain the flames, with two Canadairs sent in support. 9:54 The smell of smoke from the Gironde fires felt as far as the DordogneThe strong and unstable winds which complicate the work of the firefighters on the fires of Landiras and La Teste-de-Buch also push the smoke far away from the municipalities directly affected.While the city of Bordeaux has waking up immersed in a “thick fog of smoke”, the smell of smoke is also felt in certain areas of the Dordogne department. The prefecture thus recommends “to avoid opening the windows of your home if you suffer from severe respiratory pathologies “.9:46Fire in Finistère: more than 1,300 hectares went up in smokeMore than 1,300 hectares of vegetation went up in smoke in the Monts d’Arrée (Finistère) and 300 people were evacuated, in a devastating fire. triggered a few hours after historic heat records in Brittany, the prefecture said on Tuesday morning. 195 firefighters and 50 firefighting vehicles are mobilized to fight the flames. 9:33 A third fire in progress in Gironde, in Vensac: 70 hectares burned and 500 evacuated While the fires of Landiras and La Teste-de-Buch have been going on for a week now, a third fire broke out on Monday in Vensac, in the Médoc. This Tuesday morning, according to the authorities, this fire is now contained. According to the prefecture of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Gironde, this fire burned 70 hectares and forced more than 500 preventive evacuations. 9:19 “A house and some buildings burned” in the night: “a satisfactory assessment”, according to the sub-prefect of Langon (Gironde) “We had a difficult night”, confides this morning Vincent Ferrier, the sub-prefect of Langon, in Gironde. He nevertheless salutes the work of the firefighters who “have fought a lot” to protect populations and homes. “No population was endangered this night” thanks to the evacuations, he specifies. In addition, he underlines a “satisfactory” material assessment since, despite the virulence of the fires, only “a house” and “a few buildings or vehicles” were affected by the flames. 8:55 “850 million euros” for the fight against the fires of forest over the two five-year terms, announces Gabriel AttalGuest of franceinfo this Tuesday morning, the Minister Delegate in charge of Public Accounts announced that the civil security budget would “continue to be reinforced”, with regard to the risk of fires. We have greatly increased, in recent years, the means of civil security, more than 200 million euros, “said Gabriel Attal.”And we will continue to do so. Over the two five-year terms of Emmanuel Macron, there will be a total of 850 million euros to strengthen our investment in the fight against forest fires and in terms of fire safety”, he specifies. 8: 412,000 firefighters mobilized on fires in Gironde rage in Gironde, 2000 firefighters are now mobilized on these two fires. This is more than the previous days. For example, this Monday, 1,700 firefighters were mobilized in Gironde. 8:37 After the Atlantic coast, the high temperatures affect the north and the east of the country The eastern half of the country will still suffer from the heat wave this Tuesday but the Atlantic coast hope to blow. After hitting the southwest, the hot weather will reach the north and east of the country on Tuesday, with temperatures between 37°C and 41°C in the afternoon. Thus, it will be up to 41 °C in Auxerre, 40°C in Lille, 38°C in Strasbourg and 38°C in Lyon. In the capital, the mercury will also reach the 40°C mark. It will also be very hot in Rouen, where 39°C are expected. In the south of the country, the temperatures will be a little lower but will remain very high, with 36°C in Toulouse, 35°C in Marseiille or 32°C in Nice. redA cooler oceanic air mass has arrived from the west. It will progress on the country this Tuesday. The intense heat wave episode on the Atlantic coast is therefore over and these departments are no longer on heat wave vigilance. On the rest of the territory, the temperatures will still be high on Tuesday. Consequently, 70 departments are on orange alert for heat waves, according to Météo-France. 8: 1,519,300 hectares destroyed in total in fires in Gironde In total, in one week, 19,300 hectares of vegetation were affected by the flames. The situation remains very unfavorable in Landiras, the fire progressing on different fronts despite the creation of firewalls, where 12,800 hectares went up in smoke. On the other front, in La Teste-de-Buch, 6,500 hectares have burned. of Gironde, carried by the winds. According to their testimonies, a strong smell of burnt wood was also perceptible in the streets of the city. this Tuesday.