A fire travels 600 hectares in the Aude, nearly 5,000 private electricity households

Concern in the Aude. Moreover, A fire that broke out in the commune of Sigean on Saturday in the early afternoon. Similarly, had covered 600 hectares, according to the last assessment made around 9 p.m.

Attisated by a strong wind. Therefore, the flames damaged two dwellings and headed for Port-la-Nouvelle and the palm, a tourist sector of the Mediterranean coast where two campsites and a subdivision were evacuated, said the Aude sub-prefect, Rémi Recio.

Two dwellings from the commune of Sigean were heavily affected by the flames and a dozen others were evacuated.

At the end of the day. Furthermore, the people sheltered were authorized to return to their home, while the fire continued on its way. Consequently, The Sigean animal reserve was not worried by fire.

Nearly 630 firefighters mobilized – Fire travels 600 hectares aude,

The fire mobilized at the end of the afternoon nearly 630 firefighters. Furthermore, six Canadians, four dash, a tracking plane and two bomber helicopters. Therefore, Three firefighters were poisoned by the smoke and taken care of.

Electricity fire travels 600 hectares aude, cut in Port-la-Nouvelle

Due to the presence of a high-voltage line under the drop-down areas of water bombers, electricity was partly cut in Port-la-Nouvelle, impacting 5,000 homes this town of the coast.

“Electricity will be restored, when Canadians have finished their vacation and after checking the network,” said the sub-prefect.

Another neighboring commune. the palm is also threatened by the fire, the communal safeguard plan was also launched there, but no evacuation was provided at this stage, said Rémi Recio.

The fire started from the A9 motorway

According to the sub-prefect. the fire “took the A9 motorway edge, in the town of Sigean”.

High flames were visible from afar this Saturday evening, while thick black smoke emerged. On the A9 motorway. the departmental people near the fire, many French and foreign fire travels 600 hectares aude, vacationers found themselves blocked for kilometers of traffic jams, an AFP photographer found. The prefecture noted 15 km of traffic jams at the end of the day on this highway.

A closed departmental road

The departmental road RD6009 has been closed but the A9 motorway. an essential axis between the Rhône valley and Spain, has remained open. It was however strongly not recommended to borrow it at the level of exit n ° 39, in both directions of traffic.

The fire progresses quickly

The fire always progressed quickly in the early evening. A wind at 70 km/h, “fairly sustained and constant”, was blowing around 6 p.m.. according to the prefecture, but it seemed to calm down at the end of the day according to the AFP photographer.

Météo France had placed the Department of Aude on orange alert for “high risk” of. fire for the day on Saturday.

This fire occurs less than a month after the Aude department was affected by an important fire which had traveled 2. 100 ha around Narbonne. He had mobilized 1,000 firefighters, who had fought against the flames throughout the night of July 7 to 8.