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Forest fires: the Sarthe department is turning to CCTV
For the Sarthe fire brigade, fires and forest fires are “a daily occurrence”. As soon as temperatures soar with the return of summer, fires…
Alsace: 70 firefighters are battling a forest fire
According to reports received by our editorial team on Monday evening, confirming the information provided by our colleagues at *Les Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace*, a forest fire has been keeping the fire brigade busy since Sunday…
Aube: three hectares of vegetation destroyed at a military camp
NEWS IN BRIEF. According to our sources, confirmed by the local newspaper *L'Union*, a bush fire broke out on Saturday afternoon at the Mailly-le-Camp military base, in the department of…
Meurthe-et-Moselle: fire underway, reinforcements requested
A forest fire broke out late on Thursday afternoon in the commune of Saint-Sauveur, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department. Significant resources have been deployed to the scene. Two departments…
Poland: the country’s largest national park ravaged by fire
According to information from one of our correspondents on the ground, Poland’s largest national park, situated near Osowiec-Twierdza, has been engulfed in flames since last Thursday. More…
Forest fires: the Trackers are out of action for good
Gone are the days of the red and white water-bombing aircraft. It’s official: the Civil Protection Service’s seven Trackers will no longer fly. There is a problem with the landing gear, which is beyond repair due to…
Three hectares of woodland go up in smoke in the south of the Haut-Rhin
A large number of firefighters have been deployed this Thursday afternoon to the hamlet of Ermensbach, near Rimbach-près-Masevaux, in the south of the Haut-Rhin department. Numerous firefighters are on the scene. Three…
Morbihan: the risk of forest fires has become significant
Due to the drought and the lack of rainfall in recent weeks, the risk of forest fires has increased in Morbihan. The Departmental Fire Service…
Five questions about the forest fires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone
As if that weren’t enough, whilst a pandemic is ravaging the planet, a massive fire is now sweeping through the Chernobyl exclusion zone. The images look like something out of a disaster film…
Hautes-Pyrénées: Army helicopter crash
Two people were killed and five injured on Wednesday in a helicopter crash involving the 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment. “There was a helicopter crash in the town of…
Hérault: 17 new ambulances for the fire service
Whilst a nationwide lockdown is in force, the French company Gifa, based in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre (85), is providing a delivery service described as ‘exceptional’. In total, 17…
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