Fire in the Pyrénées-Orientales: “We have the keys to the motorhome, that’s all we have left”

2023-08-16 07:26:09

From vacationers to survivors in a few hours… “We have the keys to the motorhome, that’s all we have left”, sums up Valérie, arriving Sunday from Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) with her husband Alain at the campsite of the Red Oaks of Argelès-sur-Mer (Pyrénées-Orientales), to visit the region. “And to think that it was hard to decide to part with it…” The establishment was consumed during the night by the formidable fire which broke out on Monday August 14 around 5 p.m. and devoured nearly 500 ha before being fixed.