Some 300 kilometers separate the south-east of France and Corsica.
However, the fallout from the fires in the Var is felt even on the Isle of Beauty.
Tuesday afternoon, the forecasting body Qualitair Corse triggered the air pollution alert system that it attributes to the forest fires underway in the Côte d'Azur department since Monday.
Barely out of the episode of fine particle pollution from the Sahara, which triggered the warning system from Saturday to Monday evening, Corsica will therefore only have experienced a return to normal for a few hours.
“Since the end of the morning, the measurement stations have been recording high concentrations of suspended particles from the south of France.
(...) Many reports reach us and confirm that the phenomenon is visible to the naked eye over a large part of the island ", underlined Qualitair Corse in a press release, specifying that" the duration of this episode is for the moment difficult to predict and will depend on the evolution of the fire and the meteorological conditions ”.
"A smell of fire and the presence of smoke"
Tuesday morning, the firefighters of Corse-du-Sud had explained on social networks to receive "many calls via the 18 signaling a smell of fire and the presence of smoke": "Aerial and land reconnaissance were carried out by the sappers -firefighters.
It could be the consequences of a large-scale fire in the Var which has already devastated several thousand hectares ”, then explained the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service, also calling for the greatest vigilance. on the island, also subject to a high risk of fire.
"Seven fires have been identified in the south of the department in the last 48 hours, quickly brought under control, mobilizing very significant air and land resources", thus unveiled the SIS 2A.
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