The flames ravaged the scrubland in the Aude. A fire covered 102 hectares on Wednesday in Montredon-des-Corbières, without touching any inhabited area, before being fixed, we learned from the firefighters.
Some 260 firefighters intervened to stop the progression of this fire, with the help in particular of five planes (four Canadair and a Dash) bombers of water or retardant, further specified the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS) of the department. . At nightfall, the weather conditions were very favorable to the firefighters who considered a resumption of the progression of the flames unlikely.