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The progress of fire has been Very fast. A fire broke out on Tuesday August 5 shortly after 4 p.m. in Aude, around Ribaute, and traveled 9,200 hectares at midnight, according to a new statement by the prefecture. “At this stage, the human record reports on two injured civilians including a seriously burned absolute emergency person as well as seven injured firefighters”she also specified.
On the material damage side, eight homes were affected by the flames and “Thirty vehicles” have been “calcined “, According to the latest provisional assessment of the prefecture. Over 2,500 households are also deprived of electricity. “It is the most important fire of summer”, said Alexandre Jouassard, spokesperson for civil security, on BFMTV before adding: “We are on rarely known speeds, with more than 5 km/h of progression”.
Hundreds of firefighters deployed. About 1,250 firefighters are currently on the ground, the prefecture reported. Narbonne sub-prefect, Rémi Recio, evokes a device “Very, very, very important”, On BFMTV. To this were added aerial means, “9 Canadair, 5 dash and two helicopters”mobilized until nightfall.
The inhabitants called to confine themselves, certain evacuated. People threatened by flames have been evacuated, in particular “Two campsites in the town of La Palme”according to the latest information from the prefecture published at midnight. Lagrasse campsites, Fabrezanas well as certain dwellings in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, had also been evacuated earlier on Tuesday. The inhabitants had then been sheltered in municipal halls. The Narbonne sub-prefect invites residents not to leave their homes without an evacuation order: “The instruction is clear: we stay at home, confined, this is where we are most safe.”
Closed roads, a few affected buildings. Several roads in the sector identified on a site in the Aude department, including the A9 motorway between northern Perpignan and Narbonne, have been closed to traffic.
Emmanuel Macron assures that “all means of the nation are mobilized”. The president also brought his “support” to the firefighters on site, on X, adding that: “In this ordeal, everyone must apply the greatest caution and respect the instructions of the authorities”.