More than 1,800 firefighters were mobilized against this fire that was reported late Tuesday afternoon in the municipality of Martigues. 2700 people of us
More than 1,800 firefighters were mobilized against this fire that was reported late Tuesday afternoon in the municipality of Martigues. 2,700 people were evacuated.
At least 2,700 people, including many French and foreign tourists, were evacuated overnight to escape a raging fire on the Côte bleue, west of Marseille, which had ravaged more than 1,000 hectares and was still not fully contained this Wednesday morning, according to firefighters.
“The fire is under control,” the person in charge of the Bouches-du-Rhône fire department said by mid-day. The flames, the most important ones, have been extinguished. “There are no serious injuries, but the damage is still being assessed,” they added. About 1,800 firefighters are still battling the blaze, which was reported late Tuesday afternoon in the town of Martigues, west of Marseille.
by mid-day on Wednesday, residents and tourists could begin to return to some areas, the mayor of Martigues said. But the others placed in the two camps that were burned were still in temporary accommodation. Firefighters continue their operations in the field to avoid recovery, and remain “alert” due to the predicted southerly and rising temperatures.
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No victim
“It’s a great relief that there were no casualties. However, there could have been many casualties: two holiday homes were destroyed, and then all the way along the path of the fire there were houses that were affected,” he said. Gaby Charroux, mayor of Martigues, the city most affected by the disaster.
due to strong winds, the fire advanced quickly and threatened several communities on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, “the flames engulfed neighborhoods, peri-urban, between houses and camps,” reported the fire department. “Eight campsites in Martigues and Sausset-les-Pins were evacuated as a precaution,” and many of their tourists were evacuated by sea before being taken over by the municipal authorities of Martigues and Sausset, especially in the gyms, the fire service said.
Gérald Darmanin on the spot
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, who arrived at the scene around midnight on Wednesday, praised the work of the fire service on BFMTV and complained about the “drama in the biodiversity of the Bouches-du-Rhône massif”. Aerial water bombers managed to try to extinguish the flames and slow its progress. The fire covered eight kilometers in two hours, the fire and rescue service (Sdis) of Bouches-du-Rhone announced on Twitter.
“The police rescued hundreds of people who were in a dangerous situation, right on Tamarisk Beach, with small children as the flames threatened,” said Arnaud Louis, DDSP 13. The facility for the elderly dependent (Ehpad) also had to be evacuated. A second fire reported in the same area, but closer to industrial areas, has consumed 130 hectares, destroying or damaging a home and several businesses, firefighters said Wednesday.
At the height of the response, the fire department was reinforced with all-important air: seven aircraft, two Dash, helicopters, water bombers and civil security Pelican aircraft. The fire does not pose a threat to industrial facilities in the Fos-sur-mer zone, however, assured Pierre Dartout, in the early evening.
visitor centers
“We were in Martigues shopping, but now we can’t go home with The Crown anymore. We tried to go along the coast, but all the roads are blocked, everywhere is on fire, it’s terrible. I’m very worried because my father, who is older, is left in the Crown and it’s hard not to know what’s going on,” one woman testified.
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In the evening, the mayor of Martigues, who started the evacuation of the district, announced the opening of three centers for the accommodation of exits from the areas threatened by the flames. In Sausset-les-Pins, the neighboring municipality of Martigues, hundreds of people, tourists and locals, were welcomed in a gymnasium with cots and food.
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A section of the A55 motorway between Marseille and Martigues was closed on Tuesday after 18:00. Access to all Bouches-du-Rhône massifs has been prohibited since the weekend due to strong winds and temperatures that increase the risk of fire. Between 2015 and 2019, an average of 9,300 ha of forest burned annually in the departments of the Mediterranean coast.
Date of update: August 6, 2020, 01:58
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