new outbreak of fire in the Ares sector

Firefighters immediately deployed major means, Sunday, September 18, to attack the fire from the air. Six planes were mobilized, as well as about fifteen machines on the ground, to prevent the flames from reaching homes. The fire broke out in the early afternoon in the town ofAres (Gironde). The forest is located about 100 meters from an inhabited area. The estate was evacuated as a precaution.

More than 300 people have been asked to leave their homes. “I took the essentials, the clothes, all my papers, the company papers, enough to change“, says a man. More than 300 firefighters were needed to stop the advance of the fire. By evening, the fire was contained. A hundred hectares went up in smoke. If no material damage is to be deplored, for the firefighters this new fire reminds us that the drought, which started in the summer, is not yet completed.