Fire in the Ardennes: No Region Is Spared
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The burned surface remains stable in the forest fire in Monthermé (département des Ardennes) in France, a few kilometers from the border with Belgium, where two helicopters multiply water drops on Sunday, according to a new point in the prefecture diffused around 16h00. ...
The Ardennes are in flames, 110 hectares have burned in Monthermé since Saturday in a steep forest area. The first point of water is five kilometers away, a challenge for the firefighters. In counterbalance on the shoulder, they have to face. In the thick smoke, you have to pull the pipe by the force of the arms, fill the trucks at all speed. An exceptional situation according to the director of the Ardennes firefighters. (Regions).
A major fire broke out at the end of the morning, on Saturday 15 August, in the forest massif of Monthermé (Ardennes), near the forest road of La Tachenière. About 70 firefighters are mobilized to try to contain the flames, which have already covered 25 hectares.
A hundred hectares have gone in smoke since Saturday morning in a forest fire in Monthermé, in the Ardennes, where several hundred more remain threatened. The situation remains difficult due to the steep terrain and the lack of water on site. 90 firefighters are mobilized, with reinforcements expected from several neighbouring departments. A hundred hectares have gone in smoke since Saturday morning in a forest fire in Monthermé, in the Ardennes…
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