A little more than 600 hectares destroyed, in the Cévennes Gard, this is the provisional assessment at midday this Friday, after the start of fire the day before. Several hundred firefighters remain mobilized in the Bordezac and Bessèges sector. The fire evolves”favorably“, even if the firefighters warn that it will be necessary certainly “several days” to fully master it. Lieutenant-Colonel Olivier Tudela, one of the heads of the fire brigade in Bessèges, replied to France Bleu Gard Lozère this Friday noon: “We have a fire partially fixed on the right flank, and under supervision on the left flank. We have relatively active covers“.
“The situation is rather favourable. But we are very vigilant, because of the weather conditions announced this afternoon. Wind, less strong than yesterday but windy. High temperatures and relatively low hydrometry, which worries us” Lieutenant-Colonel Olivier Tudela, one of the heads of the fire brigade in Bessèges
More than 700 firefighters, including 150 from the Gard department alone, remain mobilized against this “mega-fire”, to use the term used by the emergency services, and the aerial drops of retardant products resumed at dawn. The workforce is expected to reach 950 during the day.