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High fire risk: a town bans smoking and fines offenders
To combat forest fires, the mayor of Langlade, a small town near Nîmes in the Gard department, has decided to issue fines to anyone smoking in…

A forest fire truck overturns; four firefighters injured, one seriously
According to Secours Info, a tanker truck involved in fighting forest fires overturned on Tuesday afternoon after veering off the road. The incident took place on the…

Fire in the Var: firefighters injured and shaken by a shell explosion
The fire is still burning. And causing damage. Having destroyed more than 1,000 hectares of vegetation, the fire that broke out on Saturday 18 June at a military training camp in…

Forest fires: France is set to experience its earliest heatwave since records began
Temperatures will reach 40 degrees in some areas. This week is set to be extremely hot in France, which is expected to experience the earliest heatwave since weather records began.…

Europe’s first forest fire-fighting base is set to open in France
Officially announced this Thursday at the International Risk Management Exhibition in Nîmes, Europe’s first forest fire-fighting base is set to open shortly and…

Opoul-Périllos: 8 hectares of garrigue destroyed, 120 firefighters deployed
A bush fire broke out on Wednesday in the early afternoon in the commune of Opoul-Périllos, in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. No fewer than 120 firefighters from SDIS 66 were on the scene…

Pyrénées-Orientales: Firefighters called out to a fire in the undergrowth
According to a report in the newspaper *L'Indépendant*, no fewer than fifty firefighters from the Pyrénées-Orientales SDIS have been tackling a fire in some undergrowth on the… since Monday lunchtime.

Hautes-Alpes: 50 hectares destroyed, 75 firefighters still on the scene
A fire broke out on Saturday afternoon in the Champsaur region, in Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur, in the Hautes-Alpes. No fewer than 75 firefighters have been on the scene since Saturday afternoon. On Sunday morning, the firefighters in…

Due to the drought, there has been a spate of forest fires in Switzerland
In Grellingen, a fire broke out on Friday shortly after 5.00 pm on the dry forest floor, which was covered in leaves and shrubs. Thanks to a swift response, the fire brigade…

Stay informed about the risk of forest fires
Every year, forest and wildland fires threaten our countryside, our homes and our safety. Drought, strong winds and high temperatures contribute to their outbreak and their…

"Embrasement": an exceptional book on forest fires
Photographer Rémy Michelin, assisted by professional firefighter Guillaume Collard, takes you into the very special world of forest fires. Right up close to the flames, but…
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