firefighters fight the flames in Drôme and Ardèche

The wind, the heat and very dry vegetation favored the fires in Drôme and Ardèche. Saturday, June 18, in the evening, the firefighters were still busy putting out a fire, near Grignan (Drôme). The Canadairs, present in the afternoon to help them, were called for another intervention. “We no longer have the planes, we have no way of accessing the level up there. The wind is systematically turning, so it’s very complicated”explains a firefighter.

In all, 100 hectares of forest are threatened. Firefighters used a drone to understand the progression of the fire. This one has spread beyond a forest track, which will require more resources. “These are non-stop covers, small jumps of fire, small covers everywhere, the wind swirling, it starts again all of a sudden (…) it’s very complicated”, notes Jean-Christophe Fiess, firefighter of the Drôme. In Ardèche, nearly ten forest fires were extinguished on Friday June 17.