They were more than 110 on site yesterday.

This Tuesday morning, 65 to 70 firefighters from Ille-et-Vilaine are still present in the forest of Rennes to fight against a major fire which broke out Monday noon between Liffré and Thorigné-Fouillard.

Contacted, the departmental fire and rescue service (SDIS) ensures that the fire is now under control.

The machines and the men managed to circumscribe the flames in a delimited perimeter and now deal with the flames and the embers by an intense “drowning” phase.

Three groups, each made up of four tank trucks, are present on the scene.

According to the latest readings, 25 hectares have gone up in smoke, out of the 3,000 that make up the national forest of Rennes.

These three plots, owned by the National Forestry Office, mixed moorland and wooded areas.

The rapid intervention of the firefighters undoubtedly made it possible to avoid the worst.

The easing of the southwest wind, which was blowing on Monday, also made their work easier.

This Tuesday, the firefighters received the support of ONF agents who use public works machinery to create bleedings in the forest, in order to avoid the phenomenon of "creeping fire".

This combustion by the roots is frequent, especially in peat.

For the time being, the reasons for the outbreak of the fire are not yet known.

The first flames would have been seen very close to the A84 motorway linking Rennes to Caen.

Placed on drought alert, Ille-et-Vilaine has not seen rain for several weeks, apart from a few storms that hit the north of the department on Sunday.

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