The fire was declared “fixed” on July 23 and then “under control” on the 29th, after having covered nearly 7,000 hectares.
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The mayor of La Teste-de-Buch (Gironde), Patrick Davet (LR), issued a decree on Saturday August 27 prohibiting access to the forest in his town, affected by a major fire in July, which was finally extinguished. Thursday, according to the prefecture. According to the terms of the municipal ordinance, “traffic and parking of people and vehicles with or without engine are prohibited on forest tracks, rural roads, farm roads, cycle paths and other paths open to the public in the forest massif of the municipality damaged by the fire )”.
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This extraordinary fire, which started on July 12 near the Dune du Pilat and forced thousands of people to leave their homes, without causing any casualties, had covered 7,000 hectares of forest before being fixed on July 23 and then brought under control. the 29th.
Thursday, the prefecture of Gironde announced that this fire was finally extinguished and, at the same time, lifted the ban on access to the forest massifs damaged by the flames this summer. However, it maintained restrictions between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m., linked to orange vigilance for the risk of forest fires in the department.
On its website, the town hall of La Teste, a tourist town in the Arcachon basin, ensures that “the forest massif is weakened and its access remains dangerous: the ground is very hot in places and there is a significant risk of falling trees or burnt parts of trees”. The decree draws up a list of authorized personnel, such as security and emergency services, but also hunters, “only to feed the animals of the forest”.