Fires in Gironde: the fight continues, what we know this Wednesday morning

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The fire made very little progress last night: a total of 20,600 ha burned (7,000 in #LaTesteDeBuch and 13,600 in #Landiras).
➡️ No new evacuation. No casualties.
➡️ Significant land and air resources remain mobilized on the fire front. pic.twitter.com/OOXpmPj6Pt — Prefect of New Aquitaine and Gironde (@PrefAquitaine33) July 20, 2022 “No serious injuries” are to be deplored, but nearly 36,750 people had been evacuated in total on Tuesday evening. This lull allowed, on Tuesday, “staking actions”, such as the setting up of “new support lines, treating part of the edges and carrying out work aimed at widening the various existing support lines around the various construction sites. “. This Wednesday will be marked in particular by the arrival in Gironde of the President of the Republic. Emmanuel Macron’s program during this trip is not yet known at this stage. Here is what we know this Wednesday morning. Fire of La Teste. 7,000 hectares of forest burned on Wednesday morning, a figure that has not changed since Tuesday evening, according to the prefecture. More than 20,000 people were evacuated in total. “The firewalls made by the DFCI and the ONF, supported by forestry companies, army bulldozers and private companies, have proven their effectiveness, making it possible to prevent the progression of the fire”, welcomed the prefecture on Tuesday. Pleasure boating is still prohibited on the western part of Lake Cazaux-Sanguinet, as well as navigation and mooring on the sector of the southern pass at the entrance to the Arcachon basin. The departmental road D218 is still cut between the Pilat roundabout and Biscarrosse plage.