Most inhabitants of Cazaux were not allowed back to check on their homes and pets. Įvacuees from the campsites around La Teste-de-Buch, evacuated since 12 July, returned on 15 July, with individuals allowed to return to the sites to pack up their camping gear and luggage. Around a thousand firefighters, three Canadairs and one Dash aircraft were being deployed to fight the fires in both areas that morning.
Bulldozers were brought in to attempt to build firebreaks ahead of the fire. The fire was still not under control and at Cazaux three houses and two restaurants had been destroyed. 15 July Īerial view of fires in the forests near La Teste-de-Buch and Landiras, 15 Julyīy the morning, 3,150 hectares (7,800 acres) had burnt at the La Teste-de-Buch, the fire having reached the lake at Cazaux while 10,000 people had been evacuated so far. The prefect, Fabienne Buccio placed the Gironde department on Orange alert due to the weather conditions and the risk of other forest fires. Nearly one thousand firefighters, four Canadairs and two Dash aircraft had been mobilised. Guillos and the hamlets of Lahon and Hil et Petit-Hil were evacuated and by the evening, the fire had burnt through 2,400 hectares (5,900 acres). The fire was not under control and the D115, D125 and D220 roads were closed. In Landiras, 2,100 hectares (5,200 acres) had burnt near Langon by the morning with no injuries reported. Further evacuations took place in the afternoon around Cazaux and 4,000 evacuees were now being housed as a reception centre at La Teste-de-Buch. By the early evening, 2,900 hectares (7,200 acres) had been destroyed as two houses and campsites near the lake were under threat. The D218 road remained cut between the roundabout at Pilat and the beach at Biscarosse remained closed. From 5 a.m., sixty people were evacuated from an area north of Cazaux. The fire was not under control and was difficult to access. 14 July īy the morning, 1,750 hectares (4,300 acres) had been burnt in Arcachon near La Teste-de-Buch with no injuries reported. By midday, the fire in this area had increased to 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres). Two Canadair water bombers were deployed and two Dash aircraft, with additional reinforcements allocated from other areas of France. Nearly six hundred firefighters were engaged to fight the fire. The prefecture activated two operational command posts manned by the SDIS of the Gironde to coordinate operations. Īt the Landiras fire, 800 hectares (2,000 acres) had been burnt since 12 July and no injuries were reported. By midday, the fire in this area had increased to 700 hectares (1,700 acres). At the La Teste-de-Buch fire, 445 hectares (1,100 acres) in the district of Arcachon had been burnt since 12 July.
The D218 road was cut off by the fire between Pilat and the beach at Biscarosse. They were sent to the exhibition centre and the Leclerc shopping centre in La Teste-de-Buch. In the area close to the fire, an evacuation of five campsites began, with around 6,000 holidaymakers fleeing as a cautionary measure. The D115 and D125 roads were closed to traffic. Five hundred people were evacuated and no casualties were reported from this fire. In the evening, authorities evacuated five hamlets and the village of Guillos near Landiras as a precautionary measure.
The mayor of La Teste-de-Buch, Patrick Davet, said that the cause of the fire may have been a vehicle that could have had electrical problems and ignited a fire on the side of a road near the Dune of Pilat. The fire at La Teste-de-Buch started at around 15:00 on 12 July. France Īn estimated total of more than 20,800 hectares (51,000 acres) were burnt by wildfires in Gironde, causing a total of near 37,000 people to be evacuated. As of 26 July, the fire affected 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of forest. On 26 July, the smell of smoke from a forest fire was noticed as far away as Vysočina, Prague, Ústí nad Orlicí District, Svitavy District and Dresden. Firefighters from Germany and an army helicopter are also responding to the fire. Firefighters have been working since Sunday morning, they also evacuated dozens of tourists, 60 people from the camp in Dolský mlýn and residents of the village of Mezná. It has been burning during large heat waves, in the difficult-to-access terrain of the Malinový důl gorge in the national park area near Hřensko. Two Italian aircraft of the Canadair CL-415 type with large-capacity 6,000 liter tanks took part in extinguishing the fire water was collected from Lake Milada near Ústí nad Labem.Ī forest fire occured in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park on 24 July 2022.
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