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In Gironde, last week’s megafire is now fixed, Tuesday August 16. However, it is not yet extinct. In total, 7,400 hectares of forest were destroyed. There are scenes of desolation over a gigantic area 40 km in circumference. A real ecological disaster.
In Gironde, you can see charred trees as far as the eye can see. In total, 7,400 hectares of forest have disappeared, devoured by the flames of the fire that hit the department last week. Some houses were narrowly spared. The fight went right to the gates of their garden. And then there are the others, those that the flames have ravaged. Their owners have lost everything. In some municipalities, 90% of their surface has been affected.
On the ground, in the middle of the burnt pines, a mayor notes the extent of the damage. In the vastness of these ash fields, 500 firefighters remain on the alert Tuesday, August 16, ready to intervene, because the fire has not said its last word. Beneath the browned earth, the sleeping flames may indeed still be awakened. Anxiety for all those who exploit the forest. Hundreds of volunteers are now at work trying to revive a battered forest.