Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced that she would go to the fire front in Gironde on Thursday with Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, stressing that the government's mobilization was "total".

On several fronts, our firefighters are dealing with particularly violent fires.



I will be tomorrow in Gironde with @GDarmanin.


The mobilization of the Government and State services, alongside local elected officials, volunteers and residents, is total.

— Elisabeth BORNE (@Elisabeth_Borne) August 10, 2022

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“On several fronts, our firefighters are facing particularly violent fires,” she noted on her Twitter account on Wednesday.

“The mobilization of the Government and State services, alongside local elected officials, volunteers and residents, is total,” she added.

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