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In August 2019, Generaca commune in the Gard, was touched by dramatic fires. The fear of new outbreaks of fire is on everyone’s mind every day. Three years later, where is the reconstruction?
Since June 15, firefighters have been on permanent alert at Generac (gard). In this small village, four tank trucks, two all-terrain vehicles and 22 firefighters are ready. It is barely noon and the device is in place. With the drought and the heat, the risk of fire is maximum so you have to be prepared. Firefighters benefit from new vehicles, with self-protection.
400 firefighters are mobilized every day as a preventive measure in the Gard. It’s twice as many as three years because, in 2019, a huge fire ravaged Generacsouth of Nîmes. 800 hectares burned. A tracker pilot had died in operation. Dominica Ricome lost 10% of its vines to the fire. He has planted new feet, but cannot yet exploit them. 60 hectares of his woods burned down, so he started replanting them. It will take about thirty years for the young shoots to form a forest.
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