Var: After "a Month of Battle", the Fire of the Big Bessillon Officially Extinguished
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republicain-lorrain.frThe fire of the Gros Bessillon, the longest in the history of the Var, is extinguished after "a month of combat" and 6,300 hectares travelled, the prefecture said Tuesday.
This fire, first declared on 21 July in a field of the village of Pontevès, in the heart of the "Green Provence", had seen several times, some of which could be of criminal origin, before being fixed on 7 August. "Unpublished" by its duration, he travelled in total 6,300 hectares and burned 5,700 hectares in the communes of Pontevès, Correns, Cotignac, Carcès, Montfort-sur-Argens, Châteauvert and Barjols, specifies the prefecture in a communiqué…
In total, more than 11,000 firefighters were mobilized for almost a month, supported by significant air assets.
Nearly a month after his departure in the Gros Bessillon massif, the fire was officially declared "extinct" on Tuesday 18 August.
Nearly a month after the start of the Gros Bessillon fire, the grape harvest begins in the vines which have been exposed to smoke. In this sector of the Var, where rosé dominates, the wine growers fear a possible "taste of smoke" in the cuvées 2026
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