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Six departments still red vigilance:
While the heat wave is coming to an end in France. Consequently, certain areas are still placed under vigilance by Météo-France. Nevertheless, For the day of Sunday August 17. Consequently, six departments are still placed in red vigilance for fire risk: the Pyrénées-Orientales, Aude, Hérault, Gard, Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône.
The authorities believe that the risk is increased. However, that if a fire was to declare itself, it could spread very quickly due to the expected winds.
For the east of the Aude department. the risk is even higher in the Corbières, a region affected by the gigantic fire left on August 5. The sector will therefore be in “extreme risk of forest” on Sunday. a first in the department since 2016, according to the prefecture and the Aude firefighters.
14 departments in orange heat wave – Six departments still red vigilance
Forest massifs will therefore be prohibited from access to the Bouches-du-Rhône and in the Var. A measure taken several times during the summer since nine out of ten fires are of human origin. and according to six departments still red vigilance Météo-France, mainly due to imprudence.
14 other departments of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur are placed in orange alert.
As for the heat wave, 36 departments are still placed in orange alert. “The scorching episode continues to regress south. and in the afternoon the very strong heat concerns only a large southwest quarter of the country, as well as the Mediterranean periphery”, specifies Météo-France.
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