A major fire burns ten hectares in Piolenc

According to information from

, a major fire burned about ten hectares in Piolenc, in the Vaucluse department.

Homes are threatened and the Piolenc exit of the A7 is closed.

The disaster broke out in the early afternoon and mobilized a hundred firefighters.

Four Canadair are also on site to try to extinguish the flames.

This week, two fires ravaged 1,250 hectares in another department in the south of France, the Pyrénées-Orientales.

Four firefighters were injured during this intervention.

The fire ravages 1,200 hectares of vegetation in the Pyrénées-Orientales

In the Lot, an arsonist delivery man lit fires during his rounds

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