This time between 3,000 and 5,000 square meters burned in Montpon-Ménésterol (Dordogne). This Thursday evening, the firefighters are alerted shortly after 9:30 p.m. A vegetation fire was spotted on the edge of the departmental road 708 in the direction of Ribérac. Firefighters had brought the fire under control by 10:30 p.m., less than an hour after their arrival. They stayed part of the night to watch for possible resumptions.
More than fifty fire starts in the Double
Since the beginning of the summer, around fifty fires have broken out in this Double forest. According to the public prosecutor of Périgueux, fifteen of them would be of criminal origin. The cause of this fire is currently unknown.