Tag: forest
nearly 5,000 hectares burned, the Gironde on alert red forest fires
After the destruction by the flames of nearly 4700 hectares of vegetation and the evacuation Thursday of the 4000 inhabitants of the village of Cazaux, the Gironde was placed in…
On army grounds – violent forest fire: extinguishing work continues
The extinguishing work on an army site in the Ebenfurth area (Wiener Neustadt district) continued on Friday. The flames broke out on Wednesday outside an area used as an ammunition…
45 degrees in the shade, forest fires and warning levels
EThe end of the heat and drought in southern Europe is still not in sight. Fire brigades and security forces have to be prepared to fight a number of fires…
Forest fires in Gironde lead to 4,000 new evacuations
These forest fires, which did not cause any casualties, started at the start of the heat wave episode which has affected France since Monday, mainly in the west and south…
France, Spain, Italy – Southern Europe suffers from the heat wave – many forest fires rage – News
contents Temperatures in Italy, Spain and France are climbing to record levels in the wake of the current heatwave. The drought in southern Europe is doing the rest: forest fires…
Ukraine war in the live ticker: +++ 01:58 Ukrainian Minister of the Environment: War damaged three million hectares of forest +++
07/14/2022 Ukraine war in the live ticker +++ 01:58 Ukrainian Minister of Environment: War damages three million hectares of forest +++ According to the Ukrainian Environment Minister Ruslan Strilets, the…
Gironde: nearly 1,200 hectares of forest ravaged by 2 fires
Lhe two fires which started on Tuesday July 12 afternoon in Gironde, in Landiras and near the dune of Pilat, leading to thousands of evacuations, had ravaged 1,200 hectares of…
Violent fire in progress in Gironde, 600 hectares of forest gone up in smoke
A fire in progress since Tuesday afternoon has burned 600 hectares of pine forest near Landiras (Gironde), about forty km south of Bordeaux, leading to the evacuation of 150 people.…
Portugal faces violent resumption of forest fires in the center of the country
A resident of the village of Figueiras, near Leiria, in central Portugal, tries to prevent the flames from reaching his home, Tuesday July 12, 2022. JOAO HENRIQUES / AP The…
Lawyer lives in a tent – “Forest Woman” attacked Steirer (73) with a Stanley knife
A homeless lawyer who lives in a tent in the forest in eastern Styria is said to have pursued a walker with a Stanley knife. “He bothered me,” she explained…
Under the heat wave, Portugal struggles to control several forest fires
The government has declared a “state of contingency” from Monday to Friday next week, and asked the EU to activate its joint civil protection mechanism, securing the dispatch of two…
The diocese of Versailles announces the suicide of a priest, his body found in the forest of Rambouillet
50-year-old Father François de Foucauld, a priest for 18 years in the diocese of Versailles, ended his life on the night of June 30 to July 1, announced the Bishop…