At 3 pm this Friday, the firefighters of the Alpes-Maritimes specify that the fire declared Thursday afternoon above the village of Isola “remains active” despite “the noria of drops made by the two helicopters water bombers”. Nearly 20 hectares of vegetation have already gone up in smoke.
Occurring in an inaccessible sector at an altitude of nearly 1,500 m, the fire required, in addition to these drops, the helicopter hoisting on site of firefighters and Force 06 agents. They “continue the flooding operations hot spots and edge treatment, ”also indicates the departmental fire and rescue service.
“The burnt area has yet to be estimated as this fire is essentially rampant. The various aerial reconnaissance, however, made it possible to give an estimate of the area covered by the fire, estimated between 15 and 20 hectares, ”in twenty-four hours, said Sdis this Friday afternoon.