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09:04 : 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.