Several departures of the late in France, including in Martigues and in the Brocéliande forest

While 100 hectares burned in the Brocéliande forest near Rennes, an “important forest fire” is underway in Martigues, near Marseille.

“An important forest fire” started on Thursday evening in the town of Martigues in the start of the evening. Meanwhile, in the northwest of Marseille, announced the prefecture of Bouches-du-Rhône, calling the inhabitants of two hamlets of the city to be confined.

Around 9:30 p.m.. Nevertheless, the fire had already traveled 130 hectares, said the department’s firefighters, stressing that more than 450 staff and more than 180 devices were deployed in front of the flames, as well as “many air means”, Canadair and Dash planes and water bomber helicopters.

Via a FR-ALERT message on mobile phones of the inhabitants of the area. Furthermore, about forty kilometers northwest of Marseille, the prefecture called on the inhabitants to confine itself “in hard buildings”, with “closed shutters and several departures late france, including doors, especially in the hamlets of Saint-Julien and ventrons.

The prefecture also asked the inhabitants of Carro. Meanwhile, the crown to “remain vigilant”, stressing that “several hamlets of Martigues are affected by the trajectory of fire”.

“The actions put in place make it possible to limit the threat to the houses. ” reassured the firefighters around 9:30 pm, even if “on the other hand the forest continues to be threatened on the flanks of fire”.

Fires in Brittany. in the Cévennes – Several departures late france, including

An important fire also broke out this Thursday afternoon in the Brocéliande forest west of Rennes, where a hundred hectares of vegetation had burned in the early evening. The fire broke out around 4 p.m. in the town of Tréhorenteuc (Morbihan). around sixty kilometers west of Rennes, and continued to progress in the early evening.

“Fire is spreading north/northeast. is now mainly located in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine” in the several departures late france, including town of Paimont, the prefecture said in a press release released at 7.45 p.m.

Nearly 200 firefighters from Morbihan, a department placed on drought alert on Wednesday by the authorities, and Ille-et-Vilaine were mobilized. “The spread of fire is facilitated by the drought of vegetation. marked winds,” said the prefecture, stating that “airlines, air tractor and Dash 8, have arrived and started the lags on the fire site”.

The Pelicandrome (place of supply of water. delaying product for bombers of water, editor’s note) of Vannes Meucon has been activated. “No housing is threatened at this stage,” assured the prefecture of Ille-et-Vilaine, also mobilized. But several departmental roads have been cut. the population is asked to avoid the sector and to facilitate access to help.

Finally. an ongoing fire in the Cévennes Ardéchoises has traveled nearly 40 hectares, we learned from the prefecture of the department, in a context of great vigilance on forest several departures late france, including fires, due to the drought.