Since August 5, a fire of rare violence has been traveling the villages of the Corbières massif, in the department of Aude. “The worst fire in France since 1949”, Title to the One The Catalan Daily The avant -garde Thursday, August 7, with the image of thick smoke which invades a French road near the Spanish border. A tramontane blowing in gusts up to 95 km/h had made the fight against the flames particularly difficult. This Thursday morning, the conditions seem more favorable to the work of firefighters.
“The firefighters hope to be able to master the fire on Thursday, even if the wind may complicate the task again”, reports the Barcelona daily, which compares the 16,000 hectares burned announced Wednesday evening in “1.6 times the area in Paris or Barcelona”. On the spot, Wednesday, the French Prime Minister, François Bayrou, accompanied by the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, expressed his solidarity, promised the aid of the state and announced that the region could serve as “laboratory” To prevent other disasters.
“This destructive fire, the origin of which remains to be determined, relaunches the debate on the lack of means, in particular aerial, comment Vanguardia. A situation highlighted during the recent fire in the northern districts of Marseille. ” For years, the newspaper said, France lacks Canadair, and those it has are aging. New devices have been ordered, but their manufacture and their delivery will still take time.
