Fires in Gironde: the resumption of the Landiras fire reached the Landes in the middle of the night

“Very unfavorable” situation in Hostens and Saint-MagneSince Tuesday 1 p.m., 300 firefighters supported by Canadairs, Dash and water bomber helicopter are fighting against a virulent fire in Hostens and Saint-Magne, in South Gironde. This resumption of the gigantic fire of Landiras in July, had devastated Tuesday at 11:30 p.m. 1,000 ha of pines, requiring the evacuation of 3,500 people. These preventive evacuations concern the Joué district, in Belin-Béliet, the town and the south of the municipality of Saint-Magne as well as Hostens and its localities, according to the prefecture. This fire “progressed unfavorably to reach the Landes department in the middle of the night”. According to the Landes prefecture, 215 people were evacuated in the department. The mobilization of resources has increased with 36 firefighting devices and 113 firefighters, including reinforcements from Moselle, as well as 30 gendarmes. Two firefighters were injured: 1 lightly injured during an incident with a truck and 1 burned calf evacuated to the Mont-de-Marsan Hospital Center, according to the prefecture. The situation is considered “very unfavourable” by the firefighters, who notably use “tactical fires” to create buffer zones and stop the advance of the fire. 🔥 In Gironde, the fire circulating between Saint-Magne and Hostens is out of control this Tuesday evening. The night promises to be very difficult and evacuations are underway. (© Johanna SG) pic.twitter.com/oZGul9FsQi— Météo Express (@MeteoExpress) August 9, 2022 These recoveries are located about twenty kilometers from Landiras, the epicenter of the gigantic fire which engulfed nearly 14,000 ha of forest in July and which is still not “under control” to this day. In Cabanac, the fire “is no longer progressing” North of Landiras, in Cabanac, another resumption of fire occurred at 3 p.m. on Tuesday. Supported by 80 firefighters and aerial means, it destroyed 20 hectares of forest. But this fire “has not progressed” since Tuesday evening, according to Sdis Gironde. “Fixed fire” in Sainte-Hélène, in the Médoc