more than 1,300 residents evacuated

Between Saumos and Sainte-Hélène, in Gironde, a wall of fire burned the forest on the night of Tuesday September 13 to Wednesday September 14. In total, 3,700 hectares went up in smoke, and the firefighters are ready to control the resumption of fire: 21, in the single day of Wednesday. With the wind, the soldiers of the fire struggle to direct the flames away from the dwellings. “We prevented it from going to houses, we’re going to do this all day, and certainly all night too”explains one of them.

In Saint Helena, evacuations continued on Wednesday. Nearly 500 residents had to leave in an emergency, bringing the total to more than 1,300 evacuations since the start of the fire on Monday, September 12. In Castelnau-de-Médoc (Gironde), a family, barely evacuated, is recovering from their emotion. For two days, she lived in anguish from the flames and feared not to find her home. The 1,000 firefighters mobilized on the ground do not hesitate to come into contact with the fire, to fight against the flames, which have been raging for more than 48 hours.