This Tuesday, July 19, shortly after 4 p.m., 250 inhabitants of Moreuil in the Somme had to evacuate their homes in a hurry, indicates the first deputy of the commune Marina Hall, because of a fire in the neighboring field of subdivisions of the Highlands and the Campion Valley. Firefighters brought the residents to safety in two halls of the town, the time to bring the fire under control. They were able to return to their home in the evening.
– Sandra, affected resident.
Among the inhabitants who witnessed the fire, the shock and the emotion
The flames came to lick the walls of the houses. Annie was babysitting her three grandchildren: “the children said to me, “it burns!” We heard the firefighters, we saw that the flames were going down very quickly, it’s maddening.“Annie fled with her grandchildren and her husband as quickly as possible. A resident of Moreuil was able to get them into her car to get them away from the neighborhood.
– Celine Austin
The evacuated residents were then taken care of in the village hall of Moreuil, as well as in the Antoine Vitez hall. “We have already seen fires in the South, from afartestifies Annie, but there, it was impressive”. “I tried to water to stop the flames, sighs her husband. But it was useless, we left the house.”
– Celine Austin
Thanks to the intervention of firefighters, no house was destroyed by the flames. Twelve owners still lost sheds, trampolines and other garden furniture. “We say to ourselves that what is happening in Gironde is crazy. And the next day, something like this happens to us…“laments Amandine. She will have to clean up the ashes that have entered her house and try to erase the memory of the fire.
– Celine Austin
A total of 22 hectares of stubble burned. All residents returned to their homes in the evening.