Since Monday, August 11, 7 am, it is prohibited “to any unauthorized person to penetrate inside forest areas impacted by Ribaute fire”: the prefectural decree aims to facilitate the pursuit of the treatment of the Corbières fire, but also to strengthen security.
Sunday, August 10, in the last point of situation devoted to the fire which ravaged 16,000 hectares in the Corbières, the prefecture of the Aude that the prefect had “extended the decree of prohibition to access all the forest massifs until Monday, August 18, 7 am”. And pointed out that“As such, the gendarmerie will show firmness against each offender”.
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On Friday August 8, a decree signed by Christian Pouget, prefect of Aude, came to strengthen the regulatory system, defining a “Temporary prohibition of access to wooded areas of the affected municipalities in the context of post-fandy management” : Since Monday, August 11, 7 a.m., it has been prohibited “To any unauthorized person to penetrate inside forest areas impacted by Ribaute fire in the following municipalities: Albas, Camplong d’Aude, Coustouge, Durban-Corbières, Fabrezan, Fontjoncouse, Fraisse-des-Corbières, Jonquières, Lagrasse, Ribaute, Roquefort-des-Corbières, Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, Talairan Thézan-des-Corbières, Tourisan and Villesère-des-Corbières..
Allow forest managers to intervene to secure areas
This ban, specifies the decree, aims “To guarantee public security”has “Facilitate the fight against fires” and at “Limit the consequences”. Since Thursday, August 7, the day when the fire was considered to be “fixed”, then Sunday August 10, with a “controlled” fire, the work of the firefighters continues. So it’s for “Prevent the departures of additional fires”, “Limit the risks of accident and interference with the residual surveillance and extinction operations carried out by the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS)”et “Allow forest managers to intervene to secure the areas, clear the slopes and make the necessary cuts” that this decree was signed. A text reminiscent of the dangers that strike this area, with “Trees weakened by fire” Who “can fall at any time”but also “Risks of erosion, soil instability and block falls have a danger for users”.
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Derogations for hunters and regulation on all closed massifs
As he had done for the Cavayère massif, the prefect of the Aude signed on Sunday August 10 a decree which introduces a derogation in the prohibition of access to all the forest massifs in the department until Monday, August 18, 7 a.m. In addition to “authorized people” (actors of the forest system, owners, managers of natural spaces, etc.), actions to regulate wild boar and deer are possible, subject. An exception justified by the fact that these actions are “necessary to prevent significant damage, especially in vines, cultures and forest”. Regulation will be possible until 11 a.m., informing the PC forest; But in the event of very severe fire risk, only actions on the lookout or on the approach are authorized, before 9 a.m. and in “The hour following the sunset”in crops to protect and up to a distance of 20 m from these.