Gironde firefighters have been fighting the flames for several hours this Wednesday morning. In the Landiras sector, in the south of the department, at least 800 hectares of forest have burned since Tuesday afternoon. Another fire is also underway at Teste-de-Buch in the Arcachon basin and several thousand people have been evacuated to campsites in the town.
To remember :
- At least 800 hectares of forest have burned in the Landiras sector, the fire is not under control
- About 520 people living in the municipalities of Guillos and Origne (near Landiras) were evacuated
- Four water bomber planes and some 320 firefighters were mobilized
- In La Teste-de-Buch, the other ongoing fire burned 430 hectares
- Five to six thousand people were taken care of during the evacuation of five campsites in La Teste
- The Gironde is in orange alert to forest fires since tuesday
- Listen to France Bleu Gironde to keep you informed
Live
6:45 a.m. – In Landiras, day breaks on the fire which has covered more than 800 hectares in this sector located south of the Gironde.
– Marie Rouarch
We are experiencing a disaster – Patrick Davet, Mayor of La Teste-de-Buch
6:30 a.m. – The fire started on runway 214 near the ocean beach road, explains the mayor of La Teste-de-Buch live on France bleu Gironde. It’s a vehicle that had an electrical problem, which caught fire. “We are at 430 hectares of burns and it is not over because the fire is not under control, the day is breaking, we have winds announced at 35 km / h and there is concern because the fire is heading back to a sector that has not yet burned. Until now, it was heading towards the coast and at the level of the campsites which we had to evacuate as a precautionary measure and lodge in our exhibition center”. The mayor of La Teste does not hide his emotion on France Bleu: “We are going through a disaster, I am very affected, very touched. It’s unheard of. I flew over the burning massif in a helicopter yesterday, it’s impressive”.
6:25 a.m. – Several roads are closed due to the fires, in particular the departmental 115 between Guillos and Landiras and the departmental 218 at the level of the Dune du Pilat.
6:20 a.m. – According to the latest report from the Gironde firefighters, since the Landiras and La Teste-de-Buch fires broke out on Tuesday afternoon, more than 6,500 people have been evacuated, and nearly 1,400 hectares went up in smoke.
6:15 a.m. – Five to six thousand people were taken care of during the evacuation of five campsites in La Teste-de-Buch, the mayor of the town tells us this morning.
6 a.m. – “The day is breaking and this will allow an aerial reconnaissance of the disaster” explains Marie Rouarch, reporter for France Bleu Gironde in Landiras. Two firefighters had to be transferred to the Bordeaux University Hospital after inhaling fumes. No other injuries to report. Five hundred people were evacuated last night. The hamlets where they live were downwind and therefore in the smoke.
5:45 a.m. – Five campsites have been evacuated according to the Department of Gironde. La Teste-de-Buch is located just next to Arcachon, on the Bassin. In this very touristy area, the plume of smoke was visible from the beach on Tuesday.
– Benjamin Guillot Moueix
5:30 a.m. – The other fire in progress in Gironde, which broke out around 3 p.m. in the town of La Teste-de-Buch, in the Bassin d’Arcachon, has consumed 180 hectares, according to the latest report from firefighters . The access road to the Dune du Pilat is closed to facilitate the evacuation of campers.
5:15 a.m. – The largest Landiras fire in years in Gironde, since that of Cissac-Médoc in 2017. The fire, started this Tuesday around 4 p.m., burned at least 800 hectares of forest in the Landiras sector, near Hostens, in southern Gironde. It required the evacuation of at least 520 people living in the area, in the municipalities of Guillos and Origne. About 200 of them were sheltered in Louchats, where the village hall was opened and in La Brède.
5:00 am – Welcome to this live. We will follow here the evolution of the two fires in progress since Tuesday in Gironde. That of Landiras where is the reporter of France Bleu Gironde, Marie Rouarch and that of La Teste de Buch.
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