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11:28 : “The two claims are still not fixed”, write the firefighters of the Gironde, on Facebook. “However, the actions carried out for several hours by the firefighters, such as the implementation of tactical fires, make it possible to channel these two fires.
(SDIS 33)
11:24 : According to the Gironde prefecture, the fire in the Landiras sector has now destroyed 4,200 hectares, and that of La Teste-de-Buch 3,150 hectares. The flames affected three houses, a restaurant and a few cabins in Cazaux, a village in La Teste.
(SERGE GUYNIER / FRANCE TELEVISIONS)
11:03 am : A page in French climatology could be turned.#Ouessant remains the last place at low altitude never to have observed a temperature above 30°C under shelter (29.3°C in August 2003).It is possible that this symbolic threshold is reached on Monday.
11:02 : @Cecil: Bingo, it is indeed on the island of Ouessant, off Brest (Finistère), that we could for the first time discover temperatures of 30 ° C on Monday, for the peak of the heat wave, according to forecaster Gaétan Heymes.
10:59 : Eh eh it is, or it was, in Ouessant
10:59 : Cherbourg?
10:58 : Quimper?
10:58 : In Brittany, probably… The island of Sein?
10:58 : Mouthe in the Jura?
10:58 : I propose Charleville Mezières
10:57 : LANGRES in the 52?
10:53 : A little riddle: according to Météo France, the last low-altitude station to have never recorded a temperature of more than 30°C could cross this threshold next Monday. But where is she? I await your suggestions. Reply in 5 minutes.
10:27 : Hello, the answer may be obvious, but what is a private train?
10:12 a.m. : “I am thinking very seriously about filing a complaint against the SNCF.”
On France Bleu Provence, this elected official from the Tarascon sector argues that the fire could have been caused by “a human fault related to the technical control of the train”. A brake element would be “stayed stuck for tens of kilometers”causing the sparks. “We don’t know if it’s an SNCF train or a private train”he acknowledges.
10:07 According to a source familiar with the matter, quoted by AFP, the train was stopped in the middle of the track by the driver, following the triggering of a “danger alarm” in the face of an abnormal temperature observed at the level of the four axles.
(SDIS 13)
10:05 a.m. : Investigators are trying to determine what caused the sparks from the freight train traveling south of Avignon. Everything would be “probably related to a blocked brake shoe”according to the Bouches-du-Rhône firefighters.
10:01 a.m. : The Tarascon prosecutor’s office is opening an investigation for involuntary fire after a fire ravaged at least 300 hectares in the Bouches-du-Rhône. Sparks from a freight train “caused nine fire outbreaks”according to the department’s fire department.
09:05 : We redo an update on the news of the morning:
• A 7-year-old child and his 24-year-old sister were killed during a “shooting incident” during a fireworks display in Cholet (Maine-et-Loire), tonight, according to the Angers prosecutor’s office. A third person was hospitalized “in absolute urgency”according to the town hall.
• Eleven departments in the south of France are still placed on orange “heat wave” vigilance. In Gironde, more than 7,000 hectares have burned in the two forest fires that have been raging since Tuesday. Two houses were destroyed in La Teste-de-Buch.
• “There was no arrangement with Emmanuel Macron (…), rather a form of agreement“, says the whistleblower behind the Uber Files. Mark MacGann, former Uber lobbyist, says he had no knowledge “direct intervention” of the minister.
• The players of the France team qualified for the quarter-finals of Euro 2022 in England last night, winning timidly against Belgium (2-1). They will play their last group match on Monday against Iceland.
08:53 : “I think we are going to lose some patients. (…) We are heading towards disaster.”
In the emergency room of the Pellegrin hospital, in Bordeaux, the service is not air-conditioned. The staff fears that patients will become dehydrated, not to mention a possible influx of people affected by the heat wave.
07:50 : A strong swell injured two people “during nautical activities” in French Polynesia on Wednesday, according to local authorities. Houses were damaged on the coast of Moorea and Tahiti, in particular in Teahupo’o, where the surfing event of the 2024 Olympics is to take place.
07:25 : The high temperatures remain in the foreground in your newspapers, especially in the South-West. In Alsace too, the thermometer is climbing, even in the rivers, which “risks causing a disaster for the fish”.
07:06 : Access the new franceinfo weather service to discover the weather in your city: 14-day forecasts, but also the state of the sky and the risk of precipitation within two hours.
07:03 : As a reminder, here are the eleven departments in orange vigilance “heat wave”: the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the Ardèche, the Drôme, the Gard, the Gironde, the Haute-Garonne, the Lot-et-Garonne, the Pyrénées-Orientales, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne and Vaucluse.
06:57 : The maximum will be between 25 and 31 ° C on the northern half. It is expected between 30 and 35 ° C from the Charentes to the Centre, the Massif Central and the Alps. Further south, expect to exceed 35°C, with further peaks of 39 or 40°C from the plains of the South-West to Roussillon and Provence.
06:54 : The heat wave will continue in the south of France today, while the North will experience slightly lower temperatures, of short duration, before a rebound this weekend and at the beginning of next week. Access real-time weather forecasts with our new weather service.
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06:51 : In Gironde this time, more than 7,000 hectares of forest have now been burned, the equivalent of 10,000 football pitches. The heaviest toll comes from the Landiras fire, which destroyed 4,200 hectares, while that of La Teste-de-Buch affected 3,000 hectares.
06:51 : A firefighter was hospitalized after being inconvenienced by the fumes, according to France Bleu Provence. According to the mayor of Tarascon, the fire started from sparks caused by the braking of a freight train, touching the vegetation located along the railway line.
06:41 : The fire that destroyed 300 hectares in the Montagnette massif, on the border between Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône, is now fixed. More than a thousand firefighters are still mobilized to control it this morning. Three houses were damaged.
(SDIS 13)
08:57 : Here are the first titles of this Friday, July 15:
• Two people, including a 7-year-old child, were killed during a “shooting incident” occurred during the fireworks of the town of Cholet (Maine-et-Loire), this night, according to the prosecution of Angers. A third person was injured.
• Eleven departments in the south of France are still placed on orange “heat wave” vigilance. Among the list is the Gironde, where more than 5,300 hectares have burned since Tuesday afternoon in two forest fires, destroying two houses in La Teste-de-Buch.
• Under the effect of rising prices, the rate of remuneration of the Livret A will go from 1% to 2% on August 1, announced Bercy. The People’s Savings Account (LEP), “the most effective investment to protect against inflation”will, him, climb from 2.2% to 4.6%.
• The players of the France team qualified for the quarter-finals of Euro 2022 in England last night, winning timidly against Belgium (2-1). They will play their last group match on Monday against Iceland.