While the past few months "have been very dry" and "the water recharge balance is very short", the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture decided this Friday afternoon to establish "a red period" during which "all the burning of plants in the open air is prohibited, ”she said in a press release.
State services want to prevent possible forest fires in view of a windy episode announced this weekend.
The prefecture then recalls the instructions in force such as the prohibition "at all times and in all circumstances, to throw objects on fire in the massifs and wooded areas sensitive to the risk of forest fire and less than 200 m from these spaces " .
All derogations allowing derogatory burning in the open air of plants are also suspended until April 15, 2022.
"To report any outbreak of fire, call 18 or 112, giving its precise location", conclude the authorities.
Friday noon, more than 90 firefighters were engaged on a forest fire in the town of Gorbio.
The fire was brought under control after the intervention of 20 machines, two bomber helicopters and two canadairs.
In total, twelve hectares burned but “hundreds of threatened hectares were preserved by the action of the firefighters”, specify the relief of the department.
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The Alpes-Maritimes department placed on “drought vigilance” in the face of a particularly dry winter
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Forty firefighters still mobilized for a fire that broke out Thursday afternoon in Valdeblore, in the Alpes-Maritimes
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