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Since the start of the fires in Gironde, firefighters have two priorities: that there are no victims, that is the case, and preserve as much as possible the dwellings. Only a few houses burned and five campsites. To limit these losses, entire hectares of forest had to be sacrificed. kick projector on this strategy used to preserve the houses surrounded by the flames.
Flames a few meters from houses. On the ground, firefighters rush as quickly as possible to protect a hamlet threatened by fire. From the sky, they drop tens of thousands of liters of water and products delaying. These images shot a few days ago show the will of the firefighters to preserve the homes at all costs, and this, since the start of the fire. Once the inhabitants were evacuated, to protect the houses, the firefighters did not hesitate to let the fires spread through the forest. This strategy saved the village from Cazaux (Gironde).
Once deployed near villages, the second stage of the strategy is to soak the ground eYou’re here vegetation to create a protective moist barrier. Despite the extent of the fire, in the region of Landiras (Gironde), housing were saved from the fire. In Gironde, only six houses burned out of 3,823 homes threatened by the flames.
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