Tag: Gironde
Fires in Gironde: “We are calling for permanent air resources in the summer period”
Jean-Luc Gleyze, president of the Gironde department and president of the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS) in Gironde, south-west France, reacts to the fires affecting the department as well…
How the violent fires in Gironde smoky Paris
The inhabitants of Ile-de-France were surprised to discover an ashen sky, accompanied by a strong smell of burning, this Monday evening: driven by the wind, the smoke from the Gironde…
in Gironde, economic reconstruction already in everyone’s mind
The fires in Gironde are still not fixed, even if the firefighters face better conditions. The next end, perhaps, of a fight lasting more than a week with serious consequences.…
Fires in Gironde: the mayor of La Teste-de-Buch salutes “the exceptional solidarity of the basin”
The two fires that have been ravaging the Gironde for a week were still not fixed on Tuesday morning. Operations are made difficult on site because of the scorching weather…
Gironde: why do firefighters have so much trouble putting out fires?
How small man seems in front of these thirty meter high megafires, circulating from tree to tree at breakneck speed. And how difficult it is for the 1,700 firefighters, the…
Massive fires in Gironde in pictures
It’s the commotion in France to fight the fires favored by climate change this summer. In total, at 18 July, the two fires still in progress in Gironde have already…
Gironde: firefighters’ tactics to fight extraordinary fires in the Landes forest
In Gironde, in the north of the Landes forest, the situation is getting tenser from hour to hour. Minute by minute, even. Of the “powerful and changing winds blow in…
Fires in Gironde: “The vegetation is ready to ignite with any spark”
By : Clementine Pawlotsky The forest never stops burning in La Teste-de-Buch, a town in the very touristy Arcachon basin, and in Landiras and Guillos, south of the Gironde. The…
in France, the gigantic fire which devastates the Gironde is gaining ground
In Gironde, where 11,000 hectares of vegetation have burned since Tuesday, a fire of exceptional magnitude regained ground on Monday July 18. New evacuations were underway in the town of…
Cap Ferret, Gironde
Getaways Navigate by keyboard Previous Next Between ocean and basin, Cap-Ferret is an emblematic seaside resort on the peninsula of Lège-Cap-Ferret. Nicknamed the “Saint-Tropez of the Atlantic”, the village is…