French Fresh News: DIRECT. Fire north of Marseille Vitrolles residents being evacuated

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

DIRECT. Fire north of Marseille Vitrolles residents being evacuated – francetv info

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8:04 p.m. : It is 20 hours, this is a new item on the news:

• the fire ravaged the south of France. Four wounded were injured in the Hérault and the inhabitants of Vitrolles (Bouches-du-Rhône) were evacuated. Follow our live.

• News disappointment for El Tri. In foil, and Astrid Guyart Ysaora Thibus were eliminated, as Gevrise Emane and Alexander Iddir in judo.

• Mourad Hamyd does not object to his transfer to France. Arrested in Bulgaria, the brother-Sharif Kouachi, suspected of trying to join the Islamic State, called “immediate extradition” this afternoon.

Libyan forces announced that they have taken the command center of the islmamique State in Sirte.

7:58 p.m. ” This is the worst situation we could consider “

microphone France info, the spokesman for the firefighters is not reassuring about els fire in progress: “the wind is very strong in the area was very large bursts, associated with dry vegetation, it creates propagation speeds breathtaking. “

7:54 p.m. “There are among these four firefighters, three of which are in absolute emergency”

on the move in the Hérault, Bernard Cazeneuve spoke on the situation. He has indicated that 1,200 firefighters were engaged in the Gard, Hérault and Bouches-du-Rhône. The interior minister announced to visit the Bouches-du-Rhône.

7:42 p.m. : the A7 will be closed ” following a fire threatening to cross “ motorway ” in Pennes Mirabeau “, announces the inter-Mediterranean road Directorate says La Provence .

7:29 p.m. : the residents of several neighborhoods in Vitrolles, thirty kilometers north of Marseille, are still being evacuated. The fire is “self propagating” and has already covered 600 hectares, show the mayor and fire

7:25 p.m. : The company ArcelorMittal Fos-sur-Mer said in a statement that a “fire [outside] was spreading to the site.” “We evacuated the staff (…). Our facilities have been stopped or slowed” , the company added.

7:23 p.m. : Three fires are still ongoing in the area industrial between Fos-sur-Mer and Port-Saint-Louis du Rhône. “Most businesses have been evacuated (…) containment is highly recommended and circulation in areas covered absolutely not recommended” shows firefighters.

6:54 p.m. : the fire vitrolles is visible from the north of Aix en Provence

6:53 p.m. Courage has all firefighters

6:53 p.m. : It is not only in the south of France as fires are ongoing. The island of Madeira, the Portuguese tourism mecca, is in flames since Monday. Three people died in Funchal, the capital of the island.

(REUTERS / Duarte Sa)

6:49 p.m. : for several minutes, a starting fire started in Istres (Bouches-du-Rhone), announces La Provence . The fire broke out at the port of Heures Claires and firefighters during surgery.

6:38 p.m. Four firefighters were burned, three seriously, in fighting against the fire in the Herault announce pompiers.

6:38 p.m. : Hello .The town of Vitrolles announced the evacuation of children attending a summer camp and residents of several neighborhoods in the north and south of the city. According to the Twitter account of the city, it is the Village to the Léo Lagrange gymnasium, Pinchinades, Croze, the Griffon, the Hermes of the road to Seds and Avenue de Marseille side cuesta to the gym Piot

6:32 p.m. . Someone knows the evacuated neighborhoods

6:18 p.m. : Several fires, fanned by strong winds, are underway the Bouches-du-Rhône, including three in the industrial area between Fos-sur-Mer and Port-Saint-Louis du Rhône.