DISASTER Follow developments in the Bouches-du-Rhône, stricken serious fires …
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THE ESSENTIALS:
- Some 3,300 hectares of scrubland burned
- At least three injured, one serious, have been reported
- The fires are progressing more and are held north of Marseille
- A man was taken into custody
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1:10 p.m.: new fire in the Pyrénées-Orientales, 80 hectares destroyed by fire
Some 80 hectares were burnt on Thursday near the town of Montalba-le-château in Eastern Pyrenees. Some 270 firefighters, including 60 from neighboring departments were mobilized against this sinister fanned by a north wind 70 km / h. The fire caused the break of the secondary road 17 between the towns of Tarerach and Montalba, the prefecture said in a statement.
12:55: the damage caused by fire to the Pennes-Mirabeau
12:51: air traffic gradually returning to normal in Marseille
12:50: A7 open again in the direction Marseille-Lyon
12:16: 20 columns of fire sent reinforcements
11:55: four firefighters injured three seriously
in the Hérault, “where nearly 200 hectares burned, four firefighters were injured, three seriously, who remain at the time I speak in absolute emergency, “said Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve to the press after a defense Council.
11:43: Italy has made available two Canadair to help France
the Interior Ministry announced in a tweet
11:40. a high school destroyed by flame-Pennes-Mirabeau
the vocational school adapted Louis Aragon of Pennes-Mirabeau was ravaged by fire, reports La Provence
11.15. AFP confirms the custody of a resident of Marseille
“a man domiciled in a northern district of Marseille was arrested and taken into custody yesterday at 17:50 in Vitrolles,” said Emmanuel Merlin, deputy public prosecutor Aix. “Local residents whose homes were located not far from the fire Vitrolles saw a person near a fire starting, outside the main fire,” he said.
The Police departmental, business unit of public Security of Bouches-du-Rhône, was responsible for the investigation.
10:53: For Pennes-Mirabeau, after the passage of fire
10:50: An infographic on the situation in Bouches-du-Rhône
10h45: short Reprise on the A55, which is again cut off
10:38: Mayor of Fos-sur-Mer speaks of arson fires
René Raimondi, town councilor of the town of Bouches -du-Rhône, said on RMC that “4 departures at the same time differentiated industrial sites, it can be a criminal.” Two homes are still active in the area of Fos-sur-mer, according to La Provence .
10:33: Multiple policies tributes to firefighters
10:22: A man in custody
La Provence announcement that a man about 50 years old was taken into custody by the departmental Security Marseille. He was arrested by the fire of Vitrolles and “would have been bizarre behavior.” The newspaper says it was “ exfiltration ” , as local residents who questioned his presence (it is not orginaire corner) wanted to lynch him .
10:20: The National Police also mobilized alongside firefighters
10:12: fires discussed at the small board of defense at the Elysee Palace
a defense restricted council began just after 9am at the Elysee by a point of information on the serious fires in the Bouches-du Rhone made by the Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. Alongside François Hollande and Manuel Valls, also present were Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Justice Jean-Jacques Urvoas and Foreign Affairs Jean-Marc Ayrault.
10:10: the impressive fire photos
10 am: The A7 still partially closed
9:55: the fire is under control but there could be times
the fire no longer progressing, ensures Gregory Allione, representing firefighters Bouches-du-Rhône in France Blue microphone. “We will have times because the temperature rises and the wind starts to blow in some places,” warns the colonel, “but we are placed” in areas at risk.
9:50: The municipality of Vitrolles will set up a legal aid cell
It will be opened by late morning in the town hall
9:41. the new accessible from A55
9:36: the images of fire
9:34: One hundred firefighters Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrenees reinforcement
According to the site side Toulouse, sixty firefighters left the departments of Haute-Garonne, Gers and Tarn-et-Garonne and forty the department of Aveyron, to get in the Bouches-du-Rhône. Four firefighters Gard and two lozériens firefighters are also reinforcements
9:20. Satellite image of fire Wednesday
9:15: The fire contained north of Marseille
the fire not progress according to firefighters, who hold the north of Marseille, at La Gavotte, a few kilometers of the northern districts.
9:10: the deputy mayor of Aix-en-Provence supports firefighters
8:58: Three injured, one serious
“We deplore three wounded by burns that serious in the population. Twenty firefighters were overcome by fumes and a dozen police officers, “says Jean Rampon, adding that many homes were damaged and some industrial buildings. “We value this morning the damage. “
8:55: Nearly 2,000 firefighters mobilized
Some 1,800 firefighters were mobilized on claims, including 650 extra-departmental reinforcements, according to Jean Rampon and a hundred policemen and gendarmes, 500 emergency vehicles, five Canadair (two from Corsica), a Tracker, Dash 8 and two helicopters
8:53. fire Rognac “fixed”
“2,500 hectares were burned in a fire party Rognac, who was arrested that night on the outskirts of Marseille, in the north of the city. 800 hectares burned in the portualo-industrial zone of Fos-sur-Mer. Some fires are already extinct, that of Rognac is fixed, “said AFP chief of staff of the prefect, Jean Rampon. “The treatment of borders is underway. “
Night burning near Marseille. After difficult hours Wednesday already, scrubland continued to burn last night in the Bouches-du-Rhône, in mobilizing all 1,800 firefighters and wounding three people including one serious. In all, there are already 3,300 hectares that would be so in smoke. While some fires are extinguished, smoke and flames were visible towards Marseille this morning around 7am, while Canadair resumed their rotations. “Strong winds are exposed to the risk of occasions,” warned the chief of staff of the prefect, Jean Rampon.
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