Thanks to the work of the 1,300 firefighters and despite difficult weather conditions this Sunday, August 10, the fire which ravaged 16,000 hectares in the Corbières is now controlled announces the prefecture of Aude.
After fixing the fire on Thursday, August 7, the situation on the Corbières fire continues to evolve favorably since the Aude prefecture announced this Sunday, August 10 at 6 p.m. that it is mastered.
This was made possible by the work of the 1,300 firefighters still present on the site. If the fire is not yet circumscribed, his mastery indicates that the most virulent homes are under control.
“Surveillance will remain narrow and reinforced in the coming days, all the more so since Météo France has placed the department in a heat wave of a heat wave from Monday, August 11, 12 am”.
The on -site resources remain very important and reinforcements will join the department on Monday in order to continue actions on control of fire. Namely, 58 soldiers trained in the forest fires whose mission will be to work on hot spots in support of firefighters and civil security and 42 firefighters from Île-de-France in replacement of daily interventions, excluding fires, to allow local firefighters to remain mobilized on the Corbières fire.
The medico-psychological emergency unit, made up of 15 professionals, is in place until August 17 in the disaster victims. Accommodation solutions are found in connection with municipalities. On the other hand, the information unit to the public is put in standby and will be reactivated according to the situation. It is therefore no longer possible to join it.
The prefect has extended the decree of prohibition to access all of the forest massifs until Monday, August 18. “As such, the gendarmerie will show firmness against each offender“Confirm state services.
