According to the firefighters, there are “no injuries among civilians and no homes affected”.
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The weather conditions are “more favorable” Wednesday July 27 in Hérault, where 650 firefighters have been trying to put out a fire since the day before, but still strong winds are expected during the day, with gusts of up to 50 km / h, according to Météo France at franceinfo . The tramontana should weaken overnight from Wednesday to Thursday. Firefighters hope “control the fire during the day, if the weather forecast is confirmed”estimates the head of communication of the SDIS34 Jérôme Bonnafoux, with France Bleu Hérault, while the fire which covered nearly 1,000 hectares of vegetation around the municipalities of Gignac, Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve and Aumelas .
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Fire “not progressing” but “it is not fixed yet”he says. “We still have to secure two edges which are several kilometers long, we want to secure them before the wind picks up”adds Jérôme Bonnafoux. “A big device will stay in place at least all day, and probably tomorrow”he assures. “We will monitor and intervene on all the recoveries because there will inevitably be recoveries during the day”continues Jérôme Bonnafoux.
Three planes from the departmental cell resumed the water drops this morning around 7 a.m., in the absence of national air resources which left for the Bouches du Rhône and the Var, placed at risk of fire “very high”. According to firefighters, there is “no injuries among civilians and no homes affected”. The sub-prefect of Lodève, Eric Suzanne, will give a press briefing at 9 a.m. this Wednesday.