A Wednesday of struggle for the firefighters of the Alpes de Hautes Provence, as well as for the firefighters of the neighboring departments, who came as reinforcements. two fires of several hundred hectares affected the forests of the department.
In the Verdon, Rougon’s fire experienced a virulent recovery this Wednesday morning. Almost 300 additional hectares of forest burn in a single day. In total, 517 hectares of vegetation go up in smoke. The fire is still active. Some 200 firefighters spent the night from Wednesday to Thursday battling the flames. Originally, the fire had taken on Tuesday, July 27, before being fixed and then starting again, this Wednesday.
Firefighters are also fighting the flames in the town of Villeneuve, near Forcalquier. Left the day before, in the middle of the afternoon, this fire covers 220 hectares of vegetation and mobilized up to 150 firefighters. On Wednesday evening, firefighters managed to fix the fire.