“It is a duty to set an example” explains this Tuesday evening Colonel Laëtitia Didier. The deputy departmental director of SDIS de Haute-Loire explains the decision “complicated“d” cancel the Sainte-Barbe festivities, 4 days before the ceremonies of the patron saint of the firefighters. In view of the galloping coronavirus epidemic in the department, the incidence rate exceeding 300, the high point in Puy-en-Velay as well as the celebrations in the centers are canceled.
Prevent the Sainte-Barbe from turning into a cluster
At the departmental fire and rescue service in Altiligérien, it is explained that out of the 58 centers in the department, about twenty had already celebrated Sainte-Barbe in advance. The others will have to wait for the epidemic to calm down to find themselves. “The idea is actually to protect yourself from any cluster” concludes the colonel.