A fire has been reported in Graissessac in the Hérault (34).
For your safety, please avoid the area!
Numerous resources are deployed at the scene
3 AirTractors, 3 Trackers, 4 Canadairs, 1 Dash, 4 GIFFs, 2 CCFs, 4 For Saps, 2 water supply units and a command helicopter, SDIS34 Special Commando Unit, CCGS, CCGC, 1 on-site medical support unit.
120 firefighters in the area
The fire is reportedly in an area that is difficult to access
19:15: 2 hectares burnt
20:00: The Dash 8 has reached the area; 6 hectares burnt
8.45 pm: 20 hectares burnt, several hundred hectares under threat.
10.00 pm: The fire appears to have been brought under control; only 7 hectares burnt instead of 20 hectares.
The 120 firefighters are dousing the still-smouldering edges of the fire from the air
