5,000 hectares traveled by fire, announces the prefecture of Aude
The fire that broke out this afternoon in the town of Ribaute “Has already traveled 5,000 hectares”, announces the Aude prefecture, which evokes an evolution “Very fast” et “Unfavorable”, In a situation point, published at 10 p.m.
According to the prefecture, 1,200 firefighters are on the ground and “Other national land means are being transported”. “The populations are asked to remain confined to
The interior of their dwellings unless order of evacuation given by the firefighters ”also recalls the prefecture.
“The A9 motorway between Perpignan Nord and Narbonne is being closed to traffic”announces, moreover, the prefecture which underlines that “Many departmental routes throughout the sector concerned by the fire are closed to traffic”. It also calls for the evolution of the situation on the infourte site11.
The toll has not changed and is still two injured people, including one seriously. The Aude prefecture also reports “About thirty calcined vehicles and three homes affected by the flames. 2,500 households are currently deprived of electricity ” out of thirteen municipalities.
