Fires: Gard still on alert

The Gard has been strongly affected by the outbreaks of fire since Thursday July 7. To avoid new fires, firefighters are on the warpath and are ready to intervene. “Our objective for today is to make sure that everything related to the edges of the fire so all the edges of the fire are not active so are completely extinguished and drowned so that there are no resumptions “warns a firefighter. 650 hectares have already burned in the north of the department. Festivities are already canceled and restrictions are imposed because of the latent risk.

“Here, in the Gard, the mega-fire is now fixed, it is confirmed by the staff of the firefighters even if the fire remains active”explains Christelle Nicolas. Soldiers are still busy to avoid any possible resumption of fire. Weather conditions play a decisive role, as Christelle Nicolas explains: “LFirefighters remain on alert because of the very unfavorable three times 30 rule. Currently, the air humidity is low at 13%. The mistral (…) remains above 30 km/h and high temperatures are still expected today.”