Tag: Fires
Heat wave in Europe – Fires in southern Europe: Greece and Spain particularly affected – News
contents The heat has Europe firmly in its grip. In many places, the record temperatures lead to major fires. Spain: On the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca, the seawater in…
landscapes of desolation in Europe after the fires
The situation is clearly improving on Thursday on the fire front both in France and in Portugal and Spain, where a large fire is about to be controlled in the…
Fires: already more area burned in the EU than in 2021
The forest fires that have raged in Europe in recent weeks, particularly in the west of the continent hit by heat waves, have already affected more area than during the…
Fires in Gironde: what compensation for holidaymakers?
The flames destroyed campsites like here in the town of La Teste-de-Buch. BENOIT TESSIER / REUTERS Many people present in the vicinity of the fires have abandoned their rental, by…
Two fires – lightning and thunder: large-scale operation in a farm fire
Thunderstorms throughout Upper Austria ended the sunny Thursday. And after lightning and thunder, there are also two fire brigade operations in the event of a fire. The biggest runs in…
Emmanuel Macron expected in Gironde, the fires slow down
The head of state is expected Wednesday in Gironde, hit for more than a week by two gigantic fires. Emmanuel Macron is expected Wednesday in Gironde, hit for more than…
Fires in Gironde: could it have been avoided?
Laura Laplaud 8:52 a.m., July 21, 2022modified to 9:22 a.m., July 21, 2022 Should we review the rules, review the law? Could the fires present in Gironde for nine days…
Fires in Gironde: the Arcachon basin zoo will evacuate its animals
They must temporarily be transferred to the parking lot of the Pessac zoo, on the outskirts of Bordeaux. More than a thousand animals will be evacuated in the next few…
Fires in Gironde: “We must buy more” planes against fires, says Macron
Emmanuel Macron promised this Wednesday the purchase of additional planes to fight the fires, during a trip to Gironde where he paid tribute to the firefighters who are finally slowing…
These aerial photos show the progression of the fires in Gironde
The two gigantic fires that have been raging since July 12 in Gironde have burned more than 19,000 hectares of forest and their smoke and smells, driven by the wind,…
Enormous heat and fires in Europe: a photo series
In Europe, forest fires are raging in many places due to the intense heat and persistent drought. The south is particularly affected. In Italy, southern France, southern Spain, for example,…
In the fight against forest fires: Germany continues to do without fire-fighting aircraft
In the fight against forest fires Germany continues to do without fire-fighting aircraft 07/20/2022, 09:26 am The Federal Ministry of the Interior is sticking to it: unlike the USA or…