It is still a fire emergency in half of Europe, particularly in France and Greece, countries where the fire continues to destroy tens of hectares of vegetation mobilizing thousands of volunteers and firefighters. Across the Alps, the area besieged by fire is mainly the Var department, in the south, in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur region, with over 1,500 firefighters deployed in the fight against the fire.
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It is a race against time for the sapeurs-pompiers to contain the resurgence of flames as much as possible in one of the most beautiful and touristic areas of the country, as from this afternoon “very unfavorable” weather conditions are expected, with a new wave of scorching heat and strengthening winds. “The fire did not progress overnight and our teams on the ground are continuing the work of treating the vegetation and the still present hot spots,” said the spokesperson for the Var firefighters, Stéphane Nepper, to the France Presse agency.
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Ignited on Friday south of another large fire controlled six days ago near the Gros Bessillon massif, the flames in Var have already destroyed 1,800 hectares of vegetation, threatening several villages, whose inhabitants partly evacuated over the weekend have been able to return home. Supporting the 1,500 firefighters engaged on site, 450 vehicles have been mobilized to try to definitively stabilize the flames before the afternoon considered at risk. In total, in the area, 70 houses have been affected by the flames, of which 41 completely destroyed, since July 21. A clear improvement in the situation in Gironde, the other French department (in the southwest), hit in recent days by the most significant fire in France since 1949. In the devastated village of Porge, the prefecture has authorized the return of thousands of evacuated people starting today.
Greece, Western Attica in the grip of fire
Also in Greece, the fire situation remains critical. The fight against the large fire affecting Western Attica, the Athens region, continues relentlessly, with several active hotspots still in the surrounding area, according to the latest satellite data processed by the Greek National Observatory team. According to Greek media, the situation appears to be slightly improving but remains extremely critical, with firefighting teams engaged in trying to contain the flames.
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