DECRYPTION – More than 3,000 hectares have burned in Saumos in Gironde in the past 24 hours, making 2022 the most devastating year for our forests.
La Teste, Landiras, Arcachon basin… And now Saumos. For the Gironde, the return of the flames is like a nightmare that repeats itself endlessly. After a devastating summer that swept away more than 30,000 hectares (half the annual area burned nationwide), the region is once again grappling with flames.
As summer draws to a close, the fires play extra time. On the night of September 12 to 13, more than 3000 hectares went up in smoke in this small village, not far from Lacanau. After the intervention of 700 firefighters, supported by 200 vehicles and aerial means, the firestill progressing“, according to local authorities.
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Driven by a hot wind from Morocco, a heat wave spread over France, causing the thermometer to rise to 40 degrees in places in the Landes and 37.5°C in Bordeaux. Indian summer tunes that raise fears of a resumption of forest fires for this second half of September.
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