The risk of forest fires The risk of wildfires and vegetation fires remains very high this Saturday across most French departments. The Gironde, Landes, Gard, Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône are particularly affected.
29 areas are at ‘very high’ risk, 29 at ‘high’ risk and 50 at ‘moderate’ risk, as can be seen on our alert map for this Saturday. As on every day, thousands of firefighters are on standby this Saturday afternoon, stationed across the country, as close as possible to potential risk areas, to enable them to detect and respond swiftly to any fires that break out.