The fire started on Monday afternoon. According to the authorities, the total area burned is 1,725 hectares.
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After three days of effort, the firefighters arrived at the goal. The fire that affected the Monts d’Arrée (Finistère) is now “mastered”, announced the prefecture of Brittany, Thursday, July 21. The situation “totally stabilized” and the roads will reopen “during the day”. ofaccording to the authorities, the total burnt area is “1,725 hectares of vegetation composed of moors, fir forests and deciduous trees”. VSe which makes this disaster one of the biggest that Brittany has known.
In a separate press release, the Regional Natural Park (PNR) of Armorique carried out an initial environmental assessment of the damage, reporting“reassuring observations for emblematic species” but also of“concerns for natural spaces”. According to the first observations, “the fire would have affected more than 15% of the site, burning approximately 1,100 hectares of moorland and 380 ha of wet moorland and peat bogs”.
“The fire would not have a dramatic impact on the emblematic bird species of the Monts d’Arrée”, according to the teams of the Park. In contrast, “the concern is more about the micro-fauna (insects, molluscs, small mammals and birds, amphibians, reptiles) which probably could not escape.” An assessment should make it possible to make a more precise assessment in the days to come, depending on the nature of the fire. The Quimper prosecutor’s office on Wednesday opened two investigations into these fires, one of which for “crime of willful destruction by fire”.