While the fire risk is high in Bouches-du-Rhône and Var and several fires have started in recent days, the police announce that they have arrested a woman in Istres. She is suspected of being the source several fire starts. No further details at this stage of the place of fire starts or the date but for several days the firefighters of Bouches-du-Rhône have been mobilized and are facing many fire starts.
The police recall the damage that the slightest outbreak of fire can cause “The slightest imprudence can cause havoc. When the act becomes voluntary, you have to rely on vigilance”.
This Wednesday, 5 hectares of brush burned near the A7 motorway in the town of Orgon. Heavy smoke disrupted traffic. The fire started around 2 p.m., it was fixed around 5:30 p.m. About twenty machines and 90 firefighters were on site at the height of the intervention. No casualties to report, no homes threatened. An agricultural greenhouse was destroyed
Faced with the heat wave and the risk of fire, the prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône has decided to activate the forest fire prevention system from this Thursday, June 16. Lookouts but also surveillance and rapid intervention patrols will already be on site to react as quickly as possible in the event of the outbreak of fires.