The black series of the summer is not over yet. This Sunday at the beginning of the afternoon, the firefighters de la Gironde confirms that they are fighting against a new departure from fire in Arès, in the area of the business park. Some 100 hectares have already gone up in smoke. Two helicopters, two Canadairs and a Dash were sent to the scene and 320 firefighters are mobilized.
On social networks the neighboring town of Lège-Cap-Ferret called on its inhabitants to calm down, pending further information. Departmental roads D106 Bordeaux-Lège and the D3 Lège-LePorge are cut off to traffic, warns the prefecture. 100 ha burned
A total of 310 people were evacuated as a preventive measure, including the La Canadienne campsite and an accommodation center was opened in the Lugées area, indicated the Gironde prefecture at 6 p.m.