While the fire which destroyed more than 600 hectares of plants in the north of Gard, in the Bordezac and Bessèges sector, is still under surveillance, we already know that the firefighters will have to monitor it for several more days. The sub-prefect of Alès, Jean Rampon calls on the citizens to have in the coming days “responsible behavior vis-à-vis this risk of forest fire. We say it, we repeat it: do not throw away your cigarette butts. It’s that simple : 90% of forest fire starts are human-causede“
We will see after what is the origin of this fire, here, in Bordezac, at the edge of the track. It was not an agricultural machine that set fire” The sub-prefect of Alès, Jean Rampon, on France Bleu Gard Lozère
“This is a fully official surveyhe insists. With the participation of the gendarmerie, the fire brigade, the National Forestry Office. They will determine in a very scientific way the origin of the fire.”