Tag: hectares
Alpes-Maritimes: fire in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, eight hectares ravaged by flames
The fire is contained, but the firefighters remain at work. Houses were evacuated and an equestrian center is being protected. During the night from Friday to Saturday, a fire broke…
Portugal: more than 100,000 hectares burned by forest fires this year
Forest fires have already consumed nearly 104,000 hectares this year in Portugal, hit by an exceptional drought, according to the latest official estimate published on Wednesday August 24. This is…
Algeria: more than 10,000 hectares of a UNESCO-listed park destroyed by fires
This park in the northeast of the country, considered one of the main reservoirs of biodiversity in the Mediterranean basin, has a total area of nearly 80,000 hectares. It has…
Algeria: fires ravage more than 10,000 hectares of a UNESCO-listed park
The forest fires that have ravaged northern Algeria in recent days are almost all extinguished, firefighters said on Saturday, while more than 10,000 hectares of El Kala national park went…
in Spain and Portugal, tens of thousands of hectares ravaged by flames
Spain and Portugal are still trying, Wednesday August 17, to overcome several forest fires which have ravaged thousands of hectares, mobilizing hundreds of firefighters. Spain has been facing a wave…
1000 hectares of forest and brush burned, the fire still ongoing
A total of four fires have blackened the massifs of the Petite Montagne du Jura, in the south-east of the department, two of which are still in progress on Sunday.…
Spain: a fire burns thousands of hectares in Aragon
A new fire broke out in the country, causing the evacuation of 1,500 people. In Spain as in the rest of Europe, the forests are burning. A fire burned, Sunday…
Fires: 700 hectares burned between Lozère and Aveyron, Charente, Drôme, Gironde and Maine-et-Loire face the flames
More than 600 firefighters from several departments are mobilized to fight this rapidly progressing fire. Three other departments are affected by the fires: Charente, Drôme and Maine-et-Loire. In Gironde, the…
Fire in the Drôme: 180 hectares burned, three firefighters injured
A forest and vegetation fire which broke out on Friday evening in the Drôme has ravaged 180 hectares and injured several firefighters, the latter indicated on Tuesday August 9 to…
Resumption of fire in Gironde: already 6,800 hectares burned
Nearly 6,800 hectares of pine forests went up in smoke Thursday morning after fire resumed Tuesday afternoon from the gigantic fire in Landiras (Gironde), announced the prefecture of Gironde. Nearly…
The fire resumes near Landiras in Gironde: 1000 hectares of pines burned, 3500 people evacuated
The situation is judgedvery unfavorableby firefighters in the south of the Gironde, marked by renewed fires from the gigantic fire of July. The situation is judgedvery unfavorable” by firefighters in…
The flames ravage Isère, already 90 hectares of forest and vegetation destroyed
The fire that broke out on Friday in the foothills of Chartreuse in Isère was “still not fixed” late Monday afternoon, with now 90 hectares of forest and vegetation destroyed…