Between 20 and 25 hectares of vegetation went up in smoke, this Sunday, near the town of Valleraugue, in the Gard, we learned from the firefighters.
It is an eco-cloud, a process which consists in burning plants, which is at the origin of the disaster, according to the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service.
🔥from forest to valdaigoual, following poorly controlled ecobuage.
60 @pompiersdugard engaged + 12 đźš’. 20 to 25 HA burned.
6 drops of # canadair.Fire in favorable evolution but difficult work in steep area. @ Prefet30 @ Gard @cezocsud pic.twitter.com/ng18C2kY0I
Two Canadairs
The jamming would have escaped the control of an owner.
At the end of the afternoon, about sixty fire soldiers were still at work trying to contain this fire, supported by two Canadairs. There are no casualties.
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