Rémi Recio, Narbonne sub-prefect: “An always active fire”, but “the progression is largely attenuated”
In a point of situation held in front of the press at 5 p.m., the sub-prefect of Narbonne, Rémi Recio, shares a “Fire progression [qui] slows down, but we are still on an active fire ”stressing that there is no “Concept of fixed fire or controlled fire”.
“Compared to yesterday, the progression is largely attenuated because we have weather conditions that have changed, especially the sense of the wind, even if (…) We are still on [des conditions] largely unfavorable “arguing in particular of a constant wind around 35-40 kilometers-hour, a low humidity and high temperatures.
According to Rémi Recio, 1,850 firefighters on the ground and 600 devices were mobilized at 5 p.m. In the air, six Canadair, three dash, two heavy helicopters, two light helicopters and an army helicopter. Regarding the human assessment, a sixty -something man died, two seriously injured are hospitalized, and the people who were missing were found.
For colonel Christophe Magny, director of the Aude firefighters, “We will see this evening if we have a fixed fire, [mais] with evolution [que Rémi Recio a détaillée], This will not necessarily be the case. ”
