At least about 150 hectares of vegetation are said to have been destroyed by the heat wave in France on Friday, AFP reports.
According to the report, the heat wave in Hérault spread and swung into neighbouring Aude from Herault despite the rapid arrival of four water bomber planes and 300 firefighters to the scene.
The report stated that the heat wave burned at least 150 hectares of vegetation in the Minervois, between Béziers ( Hérault ) and Carcassonne (Aude), and it was still not fixed on Friday evening, we the firefighters got there.
The fire broke out at the end of the afternoon in the town of Aigne, in the department of Hérault, which was placed on heatwave alert , but despite the rapid arrival of four water bomber planes and 300 soldiers. of the fire, it spread and tipped over into neighbouring Aude.
At nightfall, and while the air resources stopped their rotations, the firefighters wanted to be reassuring, however, indicating that “the situation was evolving favourably”, the report by AFP revealed.
Heat wave In France: A slightly injured firefighter
According to the report, no dwelling was threatened and a wine estate could be “protected thanks to the action of land and air means”, according to the emergency services.
A firefighter was slightly injured in a fall.
For Saturday, the risk of fire is “high” in five massifs of the Hérault including the Minervois, indicated for its part the prefecture, advising against entering it after 11:00 a.m., in a department placed on heatwave alert at least until to Sunday, like a large south-eastern quarter of France.