“The fire can not leave all alone,” said the sub-prefect of Ales, calling upon the people to “report suspicious behaviour”.
The track criminal is “undeniable”, a dozen departures of fire are very close together which caused a fire, brought under control on Thursday, devastated 20 hectares of Sainte-Cecile of Andorge, in the Gard, said this on Thursday at the AFP a source close to the investigation.
“The original volunteer is obvious,” she said the sub-prefect of Alès, Jean Rampon, who was interviewed by the AFP. “The fire is in the heart of the night. There are no activities in the area, no homes. The fire can not leave all alone”, he stressed, calling on the population to “report suspicious behaviour”.
Conditions ripe for forest fires
at about 10: 30 this Thursday, the fire department of the Gard, announced that this forest fire on this town located 70 kilometres north of Nîmes had been mastered. The fire has burned surfaces in a solid important softwood and hardwood. More than 20 vehicles of fight against the forest fires and nearly 120 soldiers of the fire are still committed on Thursday to achieving the difficult task of flooding of the edges in a solid and the terrain is sometimes steep, to the borders of the Gard and the Lozère.
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“given the higher temperatures expected, a probable decrease of humidity and the establishment of a breeze in the day, the conditions are ripe for the outbreak and development of forest fires. Vigilance and caution are needed”, to prevent the fire department “gard”. The investigation must be conducted jointly by the police and fire specialty.
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drought in France and the water restrictions
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The first half of 2020 is the hottest ever observed in the Gard, even if, until now, there has been no heat wave like in 2019, is the prefecture. In a statement, the prefect of the Gard Didier Lauga announcement Thursday, have been placed on alert drought level 1, involving water restrictions, sectors, Vidourle, Roach and downstream Vistre-Vistrenque. On the Gardon downstream, virtually all of the tributaries that are monitored are now assec or flow-non-visible, according to the survey carried out by the French office of biodiversity.
