Since this Tuesday morning, the firefighters of Indre-et-Loire positioned four teams near the massifs, in the west and north of the department. These preventive detachments, which each have two machines, make it possible tointervene more quickly in the event of forest fireswhile eight fire starts were observed in Touraine on Monday.
They were decided after the decision of the prefecture, which noted the alert threshold at level 3“very severe danger”, for fire risk. Firefighters will remain detached to these four sectors, in addition to the usual positions, at least until Friday, when temperatures begin to drop again. Thunderstorms are expected for the weekend.
18 firefighters as reinforcements on a fire in Maine-et-Loire
At the same time, the SDIS (Departmental Fire and Rescue Service) of Indre-et-Loire sent, Monday evening, a forest fire intervention group in the neighboring department of Maine-et-Loire, in Baugé-en-Anjou, which is facing a major fire. Already 600 hectares of vegetation in the Pugle massif have burned and 500 others remain directly threatened. A Dash, a water bomber, was implemented on Monday evening. Fifty people were also evacuated..
The 18 firefighters of Indre-et-Loire, the four trucks and the command vehicle, have the task of defending the sensitive points and limiting the spread of the flames. They should stay there, a priori, until Tuesday evening.