A fire covered, Saturday June 11, more than 10 hectares of forest in less than three hours in Spéracèdes, on the heights of Grasse, and, at the beginning of the afternoon, still threatened a hundred others. His progress was now slower, announced Nice Matin around 4 p.m.
Between one hundred and twenty and one hundred and sixty firefighters were deployed to fight the forest fire, which appeared on Saturday morning. They were to be supported by air reinforcements. A time threatened by the flames, several houses as well as a perfume factory were able to be made safe by the action of the firefighters.
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The fire, which broke out at chemin Saint-Jean, continued on its way towards the cross of Cabris. A hundred hectares are threatened. A fire jump spread over the D4.
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According France 3 Regionsthe fire and rescue operational center specified that it was a “virulent softwood fire sloping upwards towards the Cabris cross. Shrubby and dense vegetation. The right and left flanks are maintained thanks to the effective action of the firefighters”.