Emmanuel Macron will go this Tuesday afternoon to the Var, where nearly 750 firefighters are currently fighting a violent forest fire. He will be accompanied by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin. Both will go to the security PC of Luc (Var) to fight against the fire, which has been ravaging the hinterland of Saint-Tropez since Monday, announced the Elysee.
The Head of State, who is currently staying at Fort Brégançon (Var), a few kilometers away, “will meet the teams of Sdis (Departmental Fire and Rescue Service) and the firefighters mobilized in the system put in place to control the fire and ensure the safety of residents ”, according to the presidency, who underlines that“ significant air resources have been mobilized ”.
Evacuations of residents and tourists
The fire that broke out on Monday at the Sigues motorway area, on the A57, about a hundred kilometers north-east of Toulon, covered 6,000 hectares of forest and scrubland in the massif. des Maures, Tuesday in the middle of the day, according to the firefighters.
Evacuations of residents and tourists took place in the hinterland of Cavalaire and Saint-Tropez, especially around the villages of Grimaud or La Môle, firefighters said.