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12:58 : The Elysée specifies the European reinforcements announced by Emmanuel Macron earlier in the day. Two Greek Canadairs and 2 Swedish Airtractors will be sent to the Elysée the same day. As for land resources, 64 people and 24 vehicles will arrive from Germany this evening, 146 people and 49 vehicles from Poland tomorrow noon. The “reinforcements from Austria and Romania are being set up”, specifies the Elysée.
12:50 p.m. : “The EU stands in full solidarity when a country is facing an emergency.”explained the European commissioner in charge of crisis management, Janez Lenarčič. The Commission also announced that it had activated the European Copernicus satellite, “to collect essential data for first responders on burned areas.”
12:49 : As I told you earlier, the EU has announced that it has sent four planes from its rescEU firefighting fleet positioned in Greece and Sweden to France. This decision follows “France’s request for assistance via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism“explains a press release.
12:48 : “We are one of the countries with the most air resources to fight fires, we also have European solidarity which is being put in place”explains Elisabeth Borne to a question asking the question of the means of France to fight against the fires.
12:39 : “We are in a hurry today, but I can assure you that we are strengthening our means to fight against future fires”
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne is in Gironde, near the fires and is currently speaking to the press.
12:23 p.m. : “Climatologists are really surprised by these records broken by very far: normally, records are broken by one or two degrees maximum, there, it goes much further. The calendar is accelerating.”
Faced with a summer that broke records for heat and drought, climatologist and meteorologist Robert Vautard, coordinator of a chapter of the sixth IPCC report, was interviewed on franceinfo.
12:48 : The images are impressive. The national gendarmerie released photos showing the extent of the fire ravaging the Gironde. They are taken from a helicopter.
(NATIONAL GENDARMERIE)
12:06 : Let’s take a look at the news:
Germany, Greece, Poland, Romania and Austria will come to the aid of France, affected by multiple fires, announces Emmanuel Macron. Eight major fires are burning in the territory, in Gironde, Maine-et-Loire, Jura, Drôme, Aveyron and Lozère… Not to mention countless smaller fires starting every day from north to south . Follow our live.
The firefighters of Landes and Gironde, where Elisabeth Borne arrived, continue to face “extreme climatic conditions” in their fight against the fire, where nearly 6,800 hectares of pine forest went up in smoke. In Aveyron, the fire which broke out on Monday being still active, 500 holidaymakers and residents were evacuated last night.
The bombardments continued overnight on the front line in Ukraine, including not far from the Zaporijjia nuclear power plant which will be on the menu of a meeting of the UN Security Council during the day. Follow our live.
11:55 a.m. : Throughout the territory, more than 10,000 firefighters and civil security personnel are mobilized against the flames. With courage and determination, they hold on. These firefighters are our heroes. https://t.co/KMUzMEYuTL
11:55 a.m. : For people evacuated from areas in flames, it is waiting and worrying. For the affected inhabitants, it is sometimes a life that is erased. Save all lives, save all that can be saved, then rebuild: no one will be forgotten.
11:55 a.m. : The Head of State also sends his support to the inhabitants prey to the flames as well as to the firefighters and civil security personnel mobilized for several weeks.
11:52 : Germany, Greece, Poland, and in the next few hours Romania and Austria: our partners are coming to the aid of France in the face of the fires. Thanks to them. European solidarity is at work!
11:52 : Germany, Greece, Poland, Romania and Austria will come to the aid of France in the face of the fires, announces Emmanuel Macron on Twitter.
11:47 : Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has arrived in Hostens, in Gironde, where she will meet the firefighters fighting against the fire which has already devoured 6,800 hectares since Tuesday. She is accompanied by the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin.
(FRANCEINFO)
11:08 : You are a volunteer firefighter and have decided to join your barracks and lend a hand for the fires that have resumed in several regions of France? Are you an employer and have decided to follow Gérald Darmanin’s call to release volunteer firefighters from their duties in companies or communities? Do not hesitate to contact us to share your testimony with us. Don’t forget to leave us your contact details so that we can contact you.
(GUILLAUME SOUVANT / AFP)
10:12 a.m. : The man suspected of being the cause of the fire in Mostuéjouls, in Aveyron, has been indicted for “involuntary destruction by fire” and placed under judicial supervision. He had presented himself to the gendarmerie yesterday morning. The fire is suspected to have started because of an agricultural machine which would belong to him.
09:39 : The two main fires in Maine-et-Loire, which have ravaged more than 1,500 hectares mainly in the forests since Monday, are now fixed, the department’s firefighters said. More than 500 firefighters, many of whom came from other departments, are still present around Baugé-sur-Anjou and Beaulieu-sur-Layon, the sites of the two disasters.
09:13 : After a trying month of July, thousands of firefighters in France are struggling against new fires in completely parched forests. Grégory Allione, president of the National Federation of Firefighters, greets on franceinfo a “real work, a big mobilization, a national strategy that has proven itself”.
(FNSPF / AFP)
10:02 : Let’s take a look at the news:
Nearly 6,800 hectares of pine forests went up in smoke after fire resumed Tuesday afternoon from the gigantic fire in Landiras (Gironde), announced the prefecture. “Nearly 1,100 firefighters are engaged”added the prefecture, specifying that “additional reinforcements” were still expected at the scene. Follow our live.
• In Maine-et-Loire, “the fire is finally set”, announced last night the mayor of Baugé-en-Anjou. In total according to the aedile, “1,540 hectares have been destroyed”. He also wanted to thank the “600 firefighters, farmers, volunteers and residents for their solidarity”.
Taiwan’s military has conducted another live ammunition exercise after Beijing, which continues to threaten, ended its largest-ever military exercise around the island.
An alleged member of the “Beatles” of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS)a cell specializing in the capture, torture and execution of Western hostages, has been charged with several terrorist offenses after his arrest in the UK, police said.
08:50 : “Nearly 1,100 firefighters are engaged”added the prefecture of Gironde, specifying that “additional reinforcements” are still expected at the scene. “The conditions are particularly difficult: the vegetation and the soils are particularly dry after more than a month without rain”according to the prefecture.
08:47 : ?#FiresGironde | Update at 8:00 a.m. ▶️ 6800 ha burned ▶️ 10,000 people evacuated ▶️ 1100 #SapeursPompiers mobilized Very severe fire outbreak risk conditions: ➡️ vegetation and dry soil ➡️ heat wave temperature ➡️ dry air ➕ info ? https://t .co/yh8Cjpc2Wh https://t.co/XDnO8nEz3I
08:49 : In Gironde, nearly 6,800 hectares of pine forests have gone up in smoke, announced the prefecture. Last night, the toll was therefore increased by 600 hectares of burned forests.
07:56 : While the thermometer will again approach 40 degrees Today and the forest fires are raging, two guests of the “8:30 am” of franceinfo answer your questions this morning: the scientific director of Public Health France Laetitia Huiart and the forecasting engineer at Météo France Olivier Proust. Ask your questions and react by calling the franceinfo switchboard now on 0809 40 41 42 (price of a local call).
(PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)
07:13 : Unsurprisingly, most regional dailies headline the resumption of fires.
06:51 : Same editorial choice on the side of the Figarowho wonders: “And if the summer of 2022 announced the climate to come in France?”.
06:47 : Release takes stock of the fires that have been ravaging much of France for several days.
06:35 : The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, and her Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, will go this afternoon to Gironde, where a new large fire has already ravaged 6,200 hectares, near Landiras. The latter said he suspected an act of arsonists because eight very close fires started between 8 am and 9 am yesterday.
06:17 : A 3rd day ends as tiring as the first 2. It ends on a positive note. The fire is finally set! 1540 ha destroyed! Thank you to the 600 firefighters, farmers, volunteers and residents for their solidarity! https://t.co/FYQsJ8sFWV
07:19 : “A third day ends as tiring as the first two”, said last night on Twitter the mayor of Baugé-en-Aujou, in Maine-et-Loire. “The fire is finally set!”, he rejoiced. Reached by franceinfo, Philippe Chalopin said he was confident for the night to come: “I hope we will have the fire under control by early morning.”
07:21 : We start with a point on the news:
After a trying month of July, thousands of firefighters are struggling in France against new blazes in forests completely dried out by heat waves and the historic lack of rain in a summer that will go down in history. Last night, eight major fires were burning in France, in Gironde, Maine-et-Loire, Jura, Drôme, Aveyron and Lozère… Not to mention countless smaller fires starting each day from the north South.
It is in Gironde that the fire is the most spectacular: it has already devoured 6,000 hectares, a resumption of the monster fire which had blackened 14,000 hectares exactly one month ago. In total, 10,000 people were evacuated, including 2,000 in the Landes, some for the second time.
In Maine-et-Loire, “the fire is finally set”, announced last night the mayor of Baugé-en-Anjou. In total according to the aedile, “1,540 hectares have been destroyed”. He also wanted to thank the “600 firefighters, farmers, volunteers and residents for their solidarity”.
Russian shelling killed at least 14 civilians overnight Tuesday-Wednesday in central-eastern Ukraine, local authorities say, not far from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant that Moscow and kyiv accuse each other of having bombarded.
• Serena Williams was eliminated by Belinda Bencic in the second round of the WTA 1000 in Toronto, beaten 6-2, 6-4 by the Swiss Belinda Bencic, world 12. The 40-year-old American will be due next week in Cincinnati ahead of the US Open at the end of the month, which she has won six times and which seems to be the designated place for farewell.