Firefighters have been fighting since Monday afternoon against a forest fire, which had covered this Tuesday morning about 70 hectares of vegetation, near the Val d'Aigoual, north-west of the Gard. "It is not fixed and has been under surveillance all night, say the Gard firefighters on Tuesday. Helicopter reconnaissance is underway and ground control operations are planned throughout the day. "
The fire broke out in an area "particularly difficult to access with a strong relief complicating the action of land resources", continue the fire soldiers. Weather conditions are also "particularly difficult". "A strong wind with gusty peaks of the order of 100 km / h prohibits the engagement of Canadian-style aerial fight means," say the Gard firefighters.
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Dead wood
Such a forest fire in winter may seem surprising. But, according to the commander Bernard Scotto Di Marco, joined this Tuesday morning by 20 Minutes , it is not so rare on the Cévennes reliefs. "We still have what we call" winter fires "in late March or early April, but here we are a little ahead," explains the firefighter. This is due, in particular, to the fact that there is a lot of dead wood. Especially since we haven't had rain for a long time, which favors the start of this type of fire. "
And to make matters worse, in recent days, in Gard and Hérault, temperatures have broken new heat records. It was over 25 degrees this weekend.
In Val d'Aigoual, an investigation is underway to determine the causes of the fire.
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